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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[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

I've rarely come across someone who doesn't pronounce "coffee" correctly. :-p

There are tons of words that I pronounce with a slight "l" or whatever based on the obscure distinction between spelling and how "everyone says it." I do "chalk" this way.

Rolling "l" into "r" or "r" into "w" are auditory "allergies" of mine - things that make me irritatted instead of a rational reaction of not even noticing.

[conuly]

Oh, everybody *thinks* they pronounce this word or that word okay. But I'm here to tell you - as far as I'm concerned, I'm perfect, and everybody else's speech can be viewed merely as how far it deviates from my own :P