# "Swallowed" L-sound in American English

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowed-l-sound-in-american-english/310357>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 29, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowed-l-sound-in-american-english/310357 "2005-06-29T13:54:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowed-l-sound-in-american-english/310357/21 "2018-03-25T03:25:00Z")

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> [@AskNott](#):
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> …drove my dad berzerkowitz. …

🙂 Never heard this before, and I like it. Derived from Son of Sam, no doubt.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowed-l-sound-in-american-english/310357/22 "2018-03-26T20:34:18Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> 🙂 Never heard this before, and I like it. Derived from Son of Sam, no doubt.

You nailed it. That’s exactly where I got the idea. I never really thought of it as coining a word, but I guess that’s what it was. I have a few entries in [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com) ,using the moniker Oliver Faltz. My favorite is _ **twitterary,** _ which is one who is hired to do the twitter feed of a celebrity. Pope Francis, for example, doesn’t do his own tweets.

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