BW2/3  +  297734 Sun, 26 Nov 06 01:02 PM What does 'L' sound to you? It sounds to me like 'O'? What do you think? Thank you BW2/3 Joined on Sat, Oct 22 2005 Contributing Member 1,283 Carpe diem!!

	BW2/3  +  298010 Mon, 27 Nov 06 07:14 AM Thank you YoHf, How about this one: http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eacadtech/phonetics/# go click on 'L'. It seems to me it is 'O' sound. BW2/3 Phonetics

	nona the brit  +  298230 Mon, 27 Nov 06 07:24 PM Neither of those are very clear Ls to me. They are also both American. I wouldn't say l and O sound the same at all - for one thing with the l sound your tongue ends up touching the roof of your mouth behind your teeth, but in the o it doesn't, and that makes a big difference. The letter name for L is pronounced el, it starts with an e sound. I don't see how you can say a word containing l with an o sound - follow - how could you say that with three consecutive o sounds? Try listening to this: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/follow. Can you hear the l properly when it is used in context? The only difference with the letter name L is that the name starts with an e sound - el. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,773 The name says it all.

	Englishuser  +  298245 Mon, 27 Nov 06 08:13 PM Hi, The realisation of the l-sound varies from one British accent to another. Englishuser Englishuser Joined on Thu, Mar 30 2006 Regular Member 717 Accents, British Accent