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How do you pronounce cl and pl in English?

Real name against the above answers. All generalizations.

In British English, all cl combinations are pronounced the same! Knock on wood !!!! Examples: Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary, Longman Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary.

In American English, when cl is at the beginning of a word, it's usually pronounced [kl], as in class, club, clock

When cl is at the end of a word, it's usually pronounced [k?l], as in bicycle, uncle, a combination that is regarded as le

Example: Wechsler's Dictionary, American Heritage Dictionary.

Examples of the same are pl combinations. In American English, plan, plane, is pronounced [pl] and people, apple, is pronounced [p?l].