"folk" with an L

Alison Murie sagehen7470 at ATT.NET
Tue Mar 16 18:21:29 UTC 2010


On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:13 AM, David Bergdahl wrote:

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> Poster:       David Bergdahl <dlbrgdhl at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: "folk" with an L
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> Of course, there's always Norfolk with two distinct syllables and an
> L as
> heard on our student radio station--in order to avoid saying [f^k]
> on the
> air.
> -db
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In Nebraska, and I think also elsewhere, Norfolk is prononced "Norfork."
AM

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