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julian@julian@activitypub.space
⁨1⁩mo

How many syllables in the word 'fire'?

How many syllables in the word 'fire'?

Settle an argument for me, will ya?

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eclexic@theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social
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@julian I think British English might consider it possibly one whereas American English would consider it two for sure. At least when I listen to pronunciations on oed.com... however, both phonetic spellings contain a dash.

I thought it was one, but I think the oed disagrees.

⁨Oct⁩ ⁨4⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨07:19⁩en
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