BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 6 days agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-square207fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 6 days agomessage-square207fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•6 days agoThis is kind of blowing my mind that a word that long is only one syllable
minus-square@thegreatgarbolinkEnglish1•edit-24 days agoOr the alternate spelling in our house so we don’t send the dog through the window: werl sounds like whirl
minus-square@RedactedlinkEnglish7•6 days agoAlways appreciated the levels of drawl it takes to squeeze this into one.
minus-square@shalafilinkEnglish5•6 days agoFunny, I drawl it into one syllable, but I read it as two. Didn’t understand how it fit the rule.
Squirrel
So you’re American, I take it?
This is kind of blowing my mind that a word that long is only one syllable
I see you’re unfamiliar with the alternate spelling, skwerl.
Or the alternate spelling in our house so we don’t send the dog through the window: werl sounds like whirl
Always appreciated the levels of drawl it takes to squeeze this into one.
Funny, I drawl it into one syllable, but I read it as two. Didn’t understand how it fit the rule.