How do you pronounce mulatto?
Is the L silent in polka?
Rather, the term polka dot current since the 1850’s, has simply undergone the very common phenomenon of l-dropping : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_consonants#L_vocalization_and_L_dropping while the term polka for the dance has retained it’s /l/ due to reinforcement by foreign speakers
How do you pronounce Noire?
Ell-Eh-No-Waa (Pronounce ‘Noire‘ like the first part of the hoover thing ‘Noo Noo’ from Teletubbles, followed by the sound Bruce Lee makes when hitting someone-just less violent.)