Actually, its up to the speaker as to which pronunciation is used. I personally say "Aal-mund". ifthikharahmed7. Ifthikhar Ahmed. 129 followers. ... <看更多>

I think it sounds more ominous, plus when you say it one way for like 12 years it's hard to just start pronouncing it a different way, correct pronunciation be ... ... <看更多>

The linguists John Lawler and Greg Lee left comments beneath the question indicating that this kind of reduction is plausible:. ... <看更多>