Polish L

[Steven Hill]

Concerning the Polish "hard L" and its modern realization as [ W ]:

Note also, in many varieties of English (including a standard variety),  what
happened to the L in certain words like TALK, WALK, STALK, BALK, CAULK:

 [ tawk ], [ wawk ], [ stawk  ], [ bawk ], [ cawk ].

I suppose anyone teaching contemporary Polish to English-speakers could
cite examples from English like the above, to help make the point about
what happens to Polish "hard L" (or "barred L").

-- Steven P Hill (Univ.  of Illinois (USA).
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