I was driving home with a local radio station playing, when the announcer said that the cakewalk we had just heard was by Scott Joplin. Only she said "cake wall-k," pronouncing the L. And then she said that her program manager had corrected her, and told her the L was supposed to be silent, but she knew that was silly, because the L was visible right there in front of her.
I came into the house, fired up the computer and the radio, and sent her an email saying sorry, the PM was right, the L was silent, just like it was in "talk" and "chalk."
She wrote back! This was exciting - human contact! Plus, I could hear her announce a selection, and then I'd get a little note from her. It was somehow like passing notes in class.
She said she was stunned to learn that I was right! Her PM had sent her a link to an online pronunciation site, and "walk" sounded exactly like "wok." She was amazed. I sent her a link to my favorite pronunciation site of all time, and she got sucked into it. We had a great little correspondence.
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