I pronounce the l in "almond," but the rest of the world seems to leave it out. I never even realized I was saying differently until a few years ago, and now I have to think about it for a second before I say it out loud.

You'd be in good company here, most people seem to include the l and I'm in the minority for saying arrrmond.

In that case, maybe I can blame my weird-by-local-standards pronunciation on the few years I spent attending a British school. (Yay!)

I mean written. I know it's just a little apostrophe and an 'e'...but it just gets under my skin..

I don't pronounce the "l" either. My dad and I were working on installing a new shower in his bathroom a few months ago, and I don't know how many times I said, "Hand me that cockgun." :haha:

Even when I don't enunciate the L (though usually I do,) the words are still different for me: cock comes out "cahk" and caulk is more like "cawk"

The "L" is pronounced?!

Same thing with Duct tape. How many people just say Duck?
To drive it into the ground further, there's a company who makes it under the name "Duck Tape"...complete with a little ducky mascot.

http://www.duckproducts.com/common/g.../Item_2258.jpg

Which makes me wonder if the general public even knows it's really 'duct'...

My favorite plumbing double entendre is "pipe dope" ...

I have a friend that, in a home improvement store, asked the associate (I swear...) "could you point me out your caulk" and didn't pronounce the "L" - he didn't figure out for days why the guy continued to laugh...

Spouse constantly "confuses" words - combines drowsy with groggy & he's usually "droggy" in the morning. He also says "prior before" which DRIVES ME CRAZY!

Qualifies totally for a double-take when you see it, too.
And don't forget, as well, creme for your crack.
http://www.crackcreme.com/productimages/heelfeet.jpg

It's easy to tell apart here. I would say caulk as cawk, swallowing the l in the same way as I do in walk. The o in my cock is much shorter and sharper.

The o in cock is at the roof of the mouth, the o in caulk is pushed through slighlty pursed lips.

lol....I think we're getting almost a little -too- into the pronunciation of caulk..

Fixed it for ya;)