BougieBirdie to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-square204fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square204fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•6 months agoThis is kind of blowing my mind that a word that long is only one syllable
minus-squareALQlinkfedilink9•6 months agoI see you’re unfamiliar with the alternate spelling, skwerl.
minus-square@thegreatgarbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-26 months agoOr the alternate spelling in our house so we don’t send the dog through the window: werl sounds like whirl
minus-square@Redacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months agoAlways appreciated the levels of drawl it takes to squeeze this into one.
minus-square@shalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months 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.