Phonemic /l/ that occurs in words like laugh and full is indeed two different sounds in many speakers, but these are just different allophones of the same underlying phoneme. In fact, phonemic /l/ can be realized as any of [l], [ɫ], [ɤ], [w], [o], or [ʊ] — see here.

The "a" v. "an" distinction is phonetically based. If you say L T I, when you pronounce the letter L is pronounced "el" (as in the proper name "Eleanor") which starts with a vowel. If the acronym had been dispensed with, you would have used "A" instead.

2015年10月23日 · Kahn predicts that, unless the segmental context is different, a liquid will have the same allophonic realization in word-final prevocalic position (e.g. seal in) and in foot-medial intervocalic position (e.g. Sealey) §30 [...] The Midwestern US dialect described by Sproat and Fujimura (1993), henceforth ‘the SP dialect’.

2014年9月2日 · Ngram shows li'l beating out lil' and li'l' since before 1900. (Note that you must press "Search lots of books" after clicking on the link.) And since Lil is a very popular name (both as a first name and as a hyphenated portion of an apparently Arabic name), any Ngram results for that variant must be ignored.

2020年11月5日 · L-7 (noun) also l-seven [the L and the 7 when put together form a SE square thus a pun on square n. (3b); the word can be accompanied by using thumb and forefinger extended at right angles, forming an L and a 7, and when the two are combined they form a square] (US black/teen) a conventional, tedious person, unsympathetic to teen interests.

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2013年1月18日 · In French, Latin l became vocalized: that's why Latin digraph al became au in French. In English and in some cases, first latin l was restored silently in EModE. In some words, the l is pronounced as well: ME asaut > assault (similarly for somersault), ME caudron > cauldron, ME faut > fault . Later, some words lost u: false, falcon, herald, realm.

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2015年1月9日 · "Dark L" is "L" at the end of the word or after a vowel sound. Example: ball, pull. "Light L" is "L" at the beginning or before a vowel sound. Example: light, love. There are 4 explanations of how to pronounce "dark L": 1st explanation: the tongue tip must contact the ridge right behind the upper teeth.

2010年8月9日 · The l in 'travel' is a part of unstressed syllable so it does not get doubled in present participle and past participle. Travel -> traveling -> traveled. However, in British English and many other dialects of English, the final l gets doubled even if it's a part of unstressed syllable. Examples: Label -> labelling -> labelled