Do you pronounce the L in caulk?

SandyClam

I told MH that I needed to get some caulk today and I find it really difficult to pronounce the L in it so I always just end up saying cock. He told me to make sure and find a male employee when I went into Lowes and tell them that I really need some caulk.

LaurelBee

"Cock" FTW

CinemaGoddess

"Cahhhhhhlk. 

^^how I pronounce it, but without drawing out the h sound.^^

Weljadraak

Caw-k.  So I guess it sounds like cock.

SandyClam

You guys are fancy. I guess my Midwestern upbringing has left me with some scars.

ASmallWonder

I say "You know...that stuff for around your bathtub....?"

jesuisfatiguee

I emphasize the AU sound and kind of feel the L in the back of my throat (?) but then again, I can feel and hear the W in words like write and wrench. 

Weljadraak

Did anyone else say the word aloud, like, 3 or 20 times?  

ASmallWonder

This is going to send me on a spiral because I have major feels about pronunciation.  My brother and I hear all words the same and get irrationally upset when we encounter people who genuinely don't hear/pronounce things the way phonics tells you you should  i.e. Mary, marry and merry do NOT sound the same.

Weljadraak

I dunno, putting extra emphasis on words is sometimes fun...oh my GAWD! look at his CAWK!!!!11!  I think it really gets the message across.

Lolapop29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HteJ3MoDQNA&feature=kp

Weljadraak

ScarlettPanda said:

LauraT25 said:

I feel like there is a joke in there somewhere...cock makes me say ahh instead of awww?

But what if it's a tiny one?  Awww, so cute.

If it's really huge, you might say AHHHH!

Weljadraak

I've never seen a penis and said "ahhh" like, "oh, yes, a dick. how lovely."  ::golf clap::

taggiecb

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taggiecb

like the Mary, marry, and Merry, I can not say caulk any differently than cock.  I tried it, I can't do it.

Weljadraak

LauraT25 said:

I've never seen a penis and said "ahhh" like, "oh, yes, a dick. how lovely."  ::golf clap::

I was going for ahhh like.."say ahh". Joke fail.

LOL oh like "open wide!" ...or not

Monkeybabe

I definitely pronounce the L, but like PP said, it's not like a regular L sound, but more in the throat.

NarwhalBacon

I say cawk. 

SCSmith2011

I answered SS becasue I half pronounce it. Basically I pronounce it just enough so I don't sound like I'm saying cock.

secretsout

I don't pronounce the L, but I don't say it like "cock" either.  I know this because I've just said cock and caulk under my breath about a million times while reading this thread

I say caulk like cawwwk, like there is almost an L but not quite.

Smootchy

LOL wait. 

now I'm just saying Ro'ads roads

plus12012

I don't pronounce the L but very clearly say aww So it rhymes with Hawk.

jorkz821

I do in a subtle way, I guess.

So, wait @LauraT25‌. You'd say you're going for a wall-k? To go stall-k someone?

jesuisfatiguee

Weljadraak said:

I've never seen a penis and said "ahhh" like, "oh, yes, a dick. how lovely."  ::golf clap::

You're missin' out. 

[Deleted User]

I am Southern.  I drop random consonants and elongate vowels.  

So, yes.

SandyClam

Well, I feel like I tawlk wrong now. All the marys sounds the same to me too.

virgin4lyfe

Yup. All the mary sounds are the same.
And caulk is c-aw-k and cock is c-ah-k. It's a different sound. but I don't pronounce the L.

klondikebar

cock = c-ah-ck

caulk = c -(soft) aw - (light) l -k

DreadLoc

i say the last part with a light, german-ish, guttoral pronounciation.  

cau-(guttoral) cckk.

i can't find any other way to say it but i don't say "cauh-lk" or "cock".

maybe because i was raised in germany.  or maybe i'm just strange.  idk.

jenn330

I pronounce it like cock, but I have always called it caulking when referring to the sealant substance itself. Not sure if that's correct, but my mom always referred to it as caulking. Saves the possibility of awkwardness if I ever had to ask for it in a hardware store.