Ł-l merger

So, have you ever noticed that some people pronounce the letter "l" differently than others? Some people say it like "l" and some people say it like "w". That's because of something called the "ł-l merger".

The "ł" is a letter in a language called Polish, and it sounds like a combination of "w" and "l". When people who speak Polish also speak English, sometimes they accidentally use that "ł" sound instead of the regular English "l" sound.

Over time, some English speakers who were exposed to the "ł" sound started using it too, and the "ł-l merger" happened. This means that some English speakers now pronounce words like "milk" and "pill" with the "w/l" sound instead of the traditional "l" sound.

It's kind of like when you learn a new word and you accidentally use the wrong sound for a letter because that's what you're used to hearing. Except in this case, it happened on a bigger scale with lots of people using the "ł" sound. And now, the "ł-l merger" is just a part of how some people speak in certain parts of the world.