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Sep 10, 2023 at 15:53 comment added tchrist Related.
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Oct 4, 2012 at 1:58 history edited tchrist
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Sep 1, 2012 at 9:05 answer added J.R. timeline score: 11
Sep 1, 2012 at 1:57 comment added Alex B. Professor Wells talks about it in this blog post phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2009/12/triphthongs-anyone.html
Aug 31, 2012 at 19:06 vote accept Matthew Vines
Aug 31, 2012 at 18:59 vote accept Matthew Vines
Aug 31, 2012 at 19:00
Aug 31, 2012 at 18:39 comment added user16269 Much as I hate to say something completely useless, the only correct answer is "it depends how you pronounce it".
Aug 31, 2012 at 18:25 comment added Monica Cellio About one and a half; diphthongs are hard. :-)
Aug 31, 2012 at 18:00 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/241596456681750528
Aug 31, 2012 at 17:15 answer added coleopterist timeline score: 17
Aug 31, 2012 at 17:13 comment added Peter Shor See also: How many syllables in the word fire? For me: two syllables in hour by itself, two syllables total in hourly.
Aug 31, 2012 at 16:51 comment added Mitch @tchrist: not in all varieties of English.
Aug 31, 2012 at 16:49 answer added Gnawme timeline score: 3
Aug 31, 2012 at 16:45 comment added tchrist It has to have two: see my doggerel below for why.
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Aug 31, 2012 at 16:10 history asked Matthew Vines CC BY-SA 3.0