BougieBirdie to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-squaremessage-square204fedilinkarrow-up1121file-text
arrow-up1121message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square204fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoThis is kind of blowing my mind that a word that long is only one syllable
minus-squareALQ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoI see you’re unfamiliar with the alternate spelling, skwerl.
minus-squarethegreatgarbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·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-squareRedacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoAlways appreciated the levels of drawl it takes to squeeze this into one.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoFunny, I drawl it into one syllable, but I read it as two. Didn’t understand how it fit the rule.
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.