Foliage - how do you pronounce this word?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I’ve heard people say “fol yage,” merging the long E sound of the second syllable and the short I sound of the third syllable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just don't pronounce it FOIL-age.

This!

[Anonymous]

I've never heard it as a 2 syllable word and can't imagine how that would work out based on spelling. Huh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard it as a 2 syllable word and can't imagine how that would work out based on spelling. Huh.

Fow lidge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard it as a 2 syllable word and can't imagine how that would work out based on spelling. Huh.

Fol-ledge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Foh- Lidj

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Foal-ee-idge

+1

Foal-ee-idge

[Anonymous]

foal edge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I’ve heard people say “fol yage,” merging the long E sound of the second syllable and the short I sound of the third syllable.

Fol yage. — so, sort of 2.5 syllables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"leaves"

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[Anonymous]

FOL-yuhj

[Anonymous]

As a midwesterner, I’d really love for you to ask the speakers to pronounce “caramel” and report back here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Foil idge

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

but I’m English so I can get away with different pronunciations.

[Anonymous]

I'm from illinois; guilty as charged. It's /'fol yij/ for me. Rhymes with verbiage, cabbage, marriage. I also say kahrmel.

For those who are bothered by the FOILage pronunciation, maybe remembering it shares roots with gold foil will be curb that angst a bit. (Still wrong)

[Anonymous]

I believe it’s regional. I’m from California and I’ve always said and heard 2 syllables: “fol-ij” Similar to:marriage “mar-ij”, carriage “care-ij”…