Do you say strawberry in one, two, or three syllables and where are you from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two - D.C.


It seems like people either say or fall into the camps of -

“Strawberry” fast and making it all as one, often with the leaning on berry sounding more like the word ‘bury’
“Straw-berry” turning it to two
“Straw-ber-ry”making it into three, again I often can hear ‘bury’ vs. ‘berry’

I think, perhaps, you do not know what a syllable is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is not possible to say strawberry in one syllable, OP. I use three syllables: stra-bear-y

I say it in one syllable when I'm speaking French.

Not sure that counts.

[Anonymous]

3; grew up in Palo Alto, CA

And my mom, who grew up in London, also was a 3-syllable person

The difference is that I (and my sisters) say straw-bear-y and my mom said straw-bury

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I don’t think you understand the concept of syllables.

+1

[Anonymous]

Three

Straw-berr-y

Same as blueberry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I don’t think you understand the concept of syllables.

ding ding ding!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm cracking up at the idea of saying strawberry as one syllable

+1

It's either the two-syllable "straw-brie" or three syllable "straw-bear-eee"/"straw-burr-eee." No way to say it in one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two - D.C.


It seems like people either say or fall into the camps of -

“Strawberry” fast and making it all as one, often with the leaning on berry sounding more like the word ‘bury’
“Straw-berry” turning it to two
“Straw-ber-ry”making it into three, again I often can hear ‘bury’ vs. ‘berry’

I think, perhaps, you do not know what a syllable is.

Agreed. OP, can I gently suggest that what you're asking is which syllable you place emphasis on?

[Anonymous]

British speakers smush it so the syllables arent audible.
Strwbry. Try saying it without moving your upper lip and youll hear it.

Im from all over the South and use 3- straw bear-ry.

I use the British pronunciation for advertisement, privacy, neither, either, vitamin, niche, etc. It makes more sense phonetically.

[Anonymous]

In English, there is zero way you can say “strawberry” with one syllable. Two is very British, three is very American. One is an impossibility.

[Anonymous]

3 - straw-beh-ree

Grew up in NJ, have lived in the DC area for 14 years.

[Anonymous]

Usually three, occasionally two. I grew up in NY State but my Dad is British.

[Anonymous]

Four syllables, you heathen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:British speakers smush it so the syllables arent audible.
Strwbry. Try saying it without moving your upper lip and youll hear it.

Im from all over the South and use 3- straw bear-ry.

I use the British pronunciation for advertisement, privacy, neither, either, vitamin, niche, etc. It makes more sense phonetically.

It also makes you sound pretentious as hell if you have an American/southern accent.

[Anonymous]

3 syllables. Pennsylvania.