One: The nut my town produces is pronounced "ahhhhmond" and not with a hard "a" sound like in "salmon." We grow ahhhmonds not aaaamonds, no matter what my future husband might tell everyone in Idaho.
Two: The first recorded murder in town took place on December 12, 1884 when the Reverend James Wells shot and killed Philip Finch for "seducing" the Rev. Wells half-sister, Helen Markham. After two trials, Wells was acquitted. Trial expenses caused Wells to sell his ranch to the Markhams.
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from the merriam-webster dictionary:
al·mond
Pronunciation: 'a-m&nd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English almande, from Middle French, from Late Latin amandula, alteration of Latin amygdala, from Greek amygdalE
1 a : the drupaceous fruit of a small tree (Prunus dulcis syn. P. amygdalus) of the rose family with flowers and young fruit resembling those of the peach; especially : its ellipsoidal edible kernel used as a nut b : any of several similar fruits
2 : a tree that produces almonds
\a\ as a in ash
\&\ as a and u in abut
Random websurfing does lead the average late night internet denizen somewhere. Strangely enough it was the almond and the below mentioned sermon.
alas she seeks to lead you astray, the name of that delicious nut, from the same tree of which Aaron's blosoming rod was taken, is so pronounced as Wesley has so wisely elucidated for us.
It is short \a\ Almond just like
sALMON or
the ALLMAN brothers
or hAM AND eggs
it is that easy. you need not turn up your nose all snooty like in order to say almond
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