Obviously it's two, but I know lots of people will say it's one and that it's pronounced 'skwirl', but those people are stupid. So how do you say it?
Yes yahoo answers is so boring tonight this is the best I can come up with.
2006-07-13 14:46:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Oh yeah and caramel has 3 syllables.
2006-07-13 14:54:34 · update #1
I know it all depends on dialect and accent really, I'm just wondering how other people pronounce it.
2006-07-13 14:55:05 · update #2
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2006-07-13 14:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-13 17:23:24 · answer #2 · answered by juanes addicion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Squirrel Syllables
2016-11-14 01:42:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Squirrel. One syllable or two?
Obviously it's two, but I know lots of people will say it's one and that it's pronounced 'skwirl', but those people are stupid. So how do you say it?
Yes yahoo answers is so boring tonight this is the best I can come up with.
2015-08-13 04:08:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course I want to comment on your first cinquain! As you have probably seen by my myriad posts, this is one of my favorite forms. I do love how you take it and give it your own distinct voice. The world needs less obviously "profound" poetry. What you have given us is the profound beyond the observable, the realization that everything is beautiful and deserves notice, and that joy is found in the smallest of things, watching a cat on the prowl, hearing a squirrel barking in the tree. No, dear Cyn, you are perhaps one of the most profound poets I know.
2016-03-19 08:45:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, I use one syllable. I have NEVER heard it said with 2.
Secondly, in the dictionary, both pronunciation keys are given.
Thirdly. to assume someones level of intelligence based solely on how they choose to say a word, shows the level of ignorance that exists within your minuscule cranium.
2006-07-13 14:55:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How many syllables in the word GIRL? how about TWIRL? how about PEARL?
SQUIRREL rhymes with these and has the same number of syllables. Which is one.
2006-07-15 09:26:21 · answer #7 · answered by Durian 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it has two syllables, but I pronounce it with one. I also pronounce "iron" with one syllable. It's a dialect thing. There's nothing wrong with it, if you know it's technically incorrect.
2006-07-13 15:55:10 · answer #8 · answered by Meirelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on where you live; dialect. I am originally from STL and I called them squir-rels, 2 syllables. Now I'm down south and they say skwirls. Well, i'm nauralized, i used to say yuse, now it's yall..
2006-07-13 14:52:10 · answer #9 · answered by Lauralanthalasa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say it with two. Like people always say I pronounce 'caramel' wrong when I say it with 3 syllables.
2006-07-13 14:50:55 · answer #10 · answered by tabbichi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋