[Magdalen] Church vacancy

[Lynn Ronkainen]

The L is not silent

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On Jun 18, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:



In a message dated 6/18/2015 10:26:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
houstonklr at gmail.com writes:

Houston  has Palmer Memorial >>>>>

Yes, I recall encountering this parish before.  Do they pronounce  the
"l" or is it silent?  I notice golfer Arnold Palmer pronounces the  "l".

In the hinterlands of the Upper Midwest, it's usually silent, and so  it's
Pam/Pom Sunday, the pam of the hand (classic redundancy: Are there
palms elsewhere - on the feet, or on the nose?), and Psam/Psom for
Psalm, saamon (rhymes with cat) for salmon, etc., etc.

However either silent or pronounced "l's" in such words are correct.



David Strang.