BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-squaremessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square207fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoThis is kind of blowing my mind that a word that long is only one syllable
minus-squareALQ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoI see you’re unfamiliar with the alternate spelling, skwerl.
minus-squarethegreatgarbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months 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-up7·3 months agoAlways appreciated the levels of drawl it takes to squeeze this into one.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 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.