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World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« on: September 20, 2011, 04:30:50 PM »
I've always been under the conviction that these two words have two syllables.  Here's my defense:


world = wurr-uhld
wheel = wee-uhl


Two syllables.  QED


The natural follow-up question is, why are dictionaries so retarded?  They haven't fixed this error in ages.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2011, 04:31:51 PM »
Interesting view, though I do not share it. 

I can get where you're coming from, as often, they are held out really long when spoken. 
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2011, 04:32:18 PM »
You're insane. Wheel is pronounced "weel" and world is pronounced world...not hard. :P
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 04:33:13 PM »
No, it's one syllable.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2011, 04:33:20 PM »
Please tell me how three consonants in a row can be pronounced in a single syllable.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2011, 04:34:37 PM »
The way you can judge syllables is by how many times your mouth opens when you say a word. When you say wheel, your mouth stretches once into an almost smile like thing. When saying world, your mouth gets thinner and you look like a monkey.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2011, 04:36:22 PM »
Quote from: Ħ on September 20, 2011, 04:33:20 PM
Please tell me how three consonants in a row can be pronounced in a single syllable.

grr

Now give me $10

Hell, I'll do you one better.  Pfft.

ok...a real one now.  phth, as in terephthalic acid. Yes, that's real.  Now give me $20.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2011, 04:38:11 PM »
Wheel is 3 syllables: Wuh ee ul

World is 4: wuh er ul duh











No I'm not serious.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2011, 04:38:39 PM »
Quote from: DTVT on September 20, 2011, 04:36:22 PM
Quote from: Ħ on September 20, 2011, 04:33:20 PM
Please tell me how three consonants in a row can be pronounced in a single syllable.

grr

Now give me $10

Hell, I'll do you one better.  Pfft.

ok...a real one now.  phth, as in terephthalic acid. Yes, that's real.  Now give me $20.
Ter`eph*thal"ic\

The syllables are broken between the  consonants.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2011, 04:42:25 PM »
One.

You are basically taking a multi-consonant sounding word and creating additional syllables where there is only one. Like the word Strengths.  Strengths has 6 consonant sounds, but is only one syllable.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2011, 05:12:11 PM »
Quote from: 73109 on September 20, 2011, 04:32:18 PM
Wheel is pronounced "weel"

No, it's pronounced "wheel"
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2011, 05:13:49 PM »
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2011, 05:14:11 PM »
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2011, 05:14:18 PM »
Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on September 20, 2011, 05:12:11 PM
Quote from: 73109 on September 20, 2011, 04:32:18 PM
Wheel is pronounced "weel"

No, it's pronounced "wheel"

If you love "H" so much, you should have married him.

It's too late for that, though, because I've got dibs on him.  As of right now. 
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2011, 05:27:36 PM »
Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on September 20, 2011, 05:12:11 PM
Quote from: 73109 on September 20, 2011, 04:32:18 PM
Wheel is pronounced "weel"

No, it's pronounced "wheel"

Correct!

Still only one syllable though.  :lol
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2011, 05:30:36 PM »
Quote from: Ħ on September 20, 2011, 04:33:20 PM
Please tell me how three consonants in a row can be pronounced in a single syllable.
Oh H, you make me want to scream sometimes.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2011, 05:32:21 PM »
Suh cuh ruh eam
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2011, 05:35:06 PM »
Quote from: Ħ on September 20, 2011, 04:30:50 PM
The natural follow-up question is, why are dictionaries so retarded?  They haven't fixed this error in ages.

Are you intentionally trying to troll the English language? Holy shit dude.

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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2011, 05:36:32 PM »
I can get where he's coming from. 

The English language, regardless of which former (or current) British region you're from, is mind-bogglingly poorly-thought-out. 
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2011, 05:37:26 PM »
I think it's because we pronounce the 'L' as if it were a vowel.
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Re: World, wheel, etc. - two syllables or one?
« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2011, 05:38:30 PM »
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