Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?

[Anonymous]

2 syllables, Penna, Lehigh Valley area

[Anonymous]

Do you 3 syllables people say it the same way when you order beef and broccoli?

I read it as 3 syllables, but say if with 2 when ordering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you 3 syllables people say it the same way when you order beef and broccoli?

I read it as 3 syllables, but say if with 2 when ordering.

I do. (one of the Hoosiers upthread)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you 3 syllables people say it the same way when you order beef and broccoli?

I read it as 3 syllables, but say if with 2 when ordering.

I say "beef broccoli" It still gets 3 syllables but I drop 1 from the total

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question for 2-syllable people. What others words do you know of that have a silent "o" in the middle of a word?

People. Colonel.

[Anonymous]

2 from Dc.

My name is 3 syllables but I pronounce it as 2 as well.

[Anonymous]

3, pretty drawn out too—CA

[Anonymous]

3 - Massachusetts and it’s Aunt not Ant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Settle a debate: Is "broccoli" 2 syllables, or 3? And where did you grow up?

(I say 3 syllables, grew up in New England but with immigrant parents for whom English was not a first language)

I recognized Broc-co-lee as proper. But I often say Brock-lee.

[Anonymous]

It has 3 syllables, but I only pronounce 2 of them. Florida.

[Anonymous]

Like this guy:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-mXIL_LKvvI

[Anonymous]

3 syllables, Seattle area.

[Anonymous]

2

3 makes me think of Dana Carvey/Sigourney Weaver snl ski

Broc o leeeeee

[Anonymous]

Dana Carvey doing GWH Bush about “the broc-lee,” “not gonna do it, wouldn’t be prudent” if my memory serves me.

[Anonymous]

^^GHW