Merriam-Webster doesn't say chalk the way I do either.

[conuly]

I can only imagine that this is due to the same sort of linguistic process that makes us in New York the only people to correctly pronounce words like "coffee", right?

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[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

Well, I pronounce it with the L, sort of, in that my tongue does go into that L position, but I doubt very much that anyone listening can really tell the difference unless you're being really obnoxious about the L.