Foliage - how do you pronounce this word?

[Anonymous]

I'm taking a gardening course through a program in Illinois. We have had probably half a dozen professional botonists/horticulturalists/professors as speakers so far and all of them pronounce foliage as a two syllable word. Is this right? It's so trivial but this is driving me crazy.

[Anonymous]

Foal eee udge

[Anonymous]

It's regional. My DH says it as 2 and I as 3. We are from different parts of the country.

[Anonymous]

Same thing happened to me. I've always heard it as Fow Lee Eg. But I've had people swear it's FowLedge.

[Anonymous]

Regional, both are acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Google says 3 syllables.

[Anonymous]

Just don't pronounce it FOIL-age.

[Anonymous]

Foley-idge

[Anonymous]

I grew up saying 3 syllables but since moving here, I say 2 syllables.

[Anonymous]

"leaves"

[Anonymous]

Foe lee edge

[Anonymous]

Foil idge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Foil idge

But this one is incorrect but interestingly said by many. The word is not Foilage, it’s foliage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm taking a gardening course through a program in Illinois. We have had probably half a dozen professional botonists/horticulturalists/professors as speakers so far and all of them pronounce foliage as a two syllable word. Is this right? It's so trivial but this is driving me crazy.

How?

[Anonymous]

Foal-ee-idge