> I may live in Colorado, but I'm a New England native. It's most definitely "Pahm Beach". And don't let anyone tell you the word has an "l" in it. Down East, consonant sounds near the end of words get softened. "Palm" becomes "Pahm", "Car" becomes "Cah", and "Yes" becomes "Ayuh."

Except that the Down East accent is Maine. New Hampshire folk talk a lot more normally on average, even if Down East accents aren't hard to come by.

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