BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 month 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 • 1 month agomessage-square207fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-21 month agoScrunched Longest syllable I can think of, rather ironic
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month 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@idiomaddictlink4•1 month 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.