BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 day agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-square180fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 day agomessage-square180fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-26 hours agoScrunched Longest syllable I can think of, rather ironic
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 hours agoI think ‘scrunched’ is the longest one I’ve seen in this post, I can’t think of a longer one. In a similar vein, it feels really wrong that ‘abbreviate’ is such a long word.
minus-square@idiomaddictlink3•5 hours agoIf people pronounce squirrel as one syllable, then I guess squirreled could be as well, but it’s not in my dialect.
Scrunched
Longest syllable I can think of, rather ironic
I think ‘scrunched’ is the longest one I’ve seen in this post, I can’t think of a longer one.
In a similar vein, it feels really wrong that ‘abbreviate’ is such a long word.
If people pronounce squirrel as one syllable, then I guess squirreled could be as well, but it’s not in my dialect.