[Magdalen] Arnie Palmer has died

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Mon Sep 26 16:45:17 UTC 2016


I have no idea. It's probably one or the other.  Whatevuh....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 9/26/2016 11:58:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
>
> The kid  from Latrobe, as we liked to call him*, has died. He was a
> distinguished  gentleman of the golf world.  Nobody seems to have not
> liked
> him>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
> Did he pronounce his name as PAL-mer or POM-er?
>
> I know that many of the "al" words in English allow pronouncing the
> full value "l" but where I've been, people usually say POM-er as
> in:
>
> palm = Pom.
> Psalm = Som
> salmon = SAA-mon
> balm = bom
> calm = com
> etc.
>
> but realm has full value "l".  etc.
>
>
> David S.
>


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