From: Rob
Message: 44205
Date: 2006-04-09
>I can't speak for others, but I personally pronounce those /l/'s the
> On 2006-04-08 02:28, Brian M. Scott wrote:
>
> > It occurs to me that at one time in EModE there may have
> > been at least one other, involving /mb/ and /m/, before the
> > /b/ was lost completely. This wouldn't necessarily be
> > demonstrable even if true, unfortunately.
>
> The treatment of intervocalic /l/ in many English dialects is
> another well-known example (dark or vocalised if stem-final, as in
> <roller>, clear otherwise, as in <solar>).