L Sound

[Rival]

Ignore the content of this video; I'm more bothered about how he often says the 'l' sound, you can catch it at around 1:53 in 'apocalyptic' and 2:05 in 'globalists'; this pronunciation grates on me and I keep hearing it in so many speakers now. Why is this?

Pope Benedict says Time of the ANTICHRIST is NOW...Is the Pope right? - YouTube

 

[Debater Slayer]

What do you find to be a problem with that pronunciation?

 

[Rival]

What do you find to be a problem with that pronunciation?

I just dislike the sound and I've noticed people using it more and more; it's not something I grew up hearing. It only happens in certain words, he can clearly say the l sound as normal in other words, and as a linguist I wonder about it.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I just dislike the sound and I've noticed people using it more and more; it's not something I grew up hearing. It only happens in certain words, he can clearly say the l sound as normal in other words, and as a linguist I wonder about it.

I'm interested to hear an example of how you usually hear it.

 

[Rival]

I'm interested to hear an example of how you usually hear it.

It's not as far back in the mouth.

Hear how Michael says it at around 0:26 Beware of Globalism: World Economic Forum Will Have Record Participation Next Week - YouTube

 

[Debater Slayer]

It's not as far back in the mouth.

Hear how Michael says it at around 0:26 Beware of Globalism: World Economic Forum Will Have Record Participation Next Week - YouTube

Thanks! Yeah, I hear a difference, albeit a subtle one.

I suppose some people try to emphasize the sound, but I'm not sure. I'm just used to all kinds of pronunciations because I listen to a lot of videos featuring non-native speakers.

 

[Koldo]

It's not as far back in the mouth.

Hear how Michael says it at around 0:26 Beware of Globalism: World Economic Forum Will Have Record Participation Next Week - YouTube

As a non-native english speaker that sounds pretty much the same to me...

 

[Rival]

As a non-native english speaker that sounds pretty much the same to me...

It really stands out to me. I find this odd.

This is a really crisp and clear way of saying it with a l sound I recognise Globalization explained (explainity® explainer video) - YouTube

 

[Quagmire]

Most people sound like cartoon characters to me these days.

 

[Jainarayan]

It's not as far back in the mouth.

Hear how Michael says it at around 0:26 Beware of Globalism: World Economic Forum Will Have Record Participation Next Week - YouTube

It's called a 'dark L'. I pronounce some words this way ... "absolutely", "excellent", "likely", rarely for example. But not in milk or Louis, or when the L is in some other places. It's pronounced at the back of the mouth, almost like a guttural stop.

 

[Rival]

It's called a 'dark L'. I pronounce some words this way ... "absolutely", "excellent", "likely", rarely for example. But not in milk or Louis, or when the L is in some other places. It's pronounced at the back of the mouth, almost like a guttural stop.

I thought this at first but it's not; it seems deeper than that; afaik all English speakers make this dark and light l distinction. it sounds different to me.

 

[Harel13]

Not hearing a difference...

 

[dybmh]

this pronunciation grates on me and I keep hearing it in so many speakers now. Why is this?

I can't hear the difference... which means... I'm one of them. I'm part of the problem.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It really stands out to me. I find this odd.

This is a really crisp and clear way of saying it with a l sound I recognise Globalization explained (explainity® explainer video) - YouTube

Is it the harder L, that it's almost like it's own lightly emphasized syllable?

 

[Left Coast]

Ignore the content of this video; I'm more bothered about how he often says the 'l' sound, you can catch it at around 1:53 in 'apocalyptic' and 2:05 in 'globalists'; this pronunciation grates on me and I keep hearing it in so many speakers now. Why is this?

Pope Benedict says Time of the ANTICHRIST is NOW...Is the Pope right? - YouTube

It sounds like a subtle leftover of a speech impediment perhaps. Definitely odd. Though the oddity matches his topic!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It's not as far back in the mouth.

Hear how Michael says it at around 0:26 Beware of Globalism: World Economic Forum Will Have Record Participation Next Week - YouTube

I finally worked it out. It seemed weird at first, because global with the L I grew up learning the tongue is near the teeth. Or I might have thought that. I haven't really noticed, but working it out it sounds kind of like the "laid back" non-Valley Girl California accent (I'm close to it but enunciate things a bit more) (laid back being the words of a native born and raised Californian).