Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?

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Anonymous wrote:

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?

Melancholy

Wednesday is similar.

And some people pronounce nucular as nuclear.

Uh, the word is nuclear. I would hope people pronounce it as nuclear, NOT nucular!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Melancholy

Wednesday is similar.

And some people pronounce nucular as nuclear.

Uh, the word is nuclear. I would hope people pronounce it as nuclear, NOT nucular!

Yep. Was about to post the same! Thanks George Bush.

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Anonymous wrote:Brock-Lee. 5th+ generation Virginian.

This but 4th generation DC.

Me too 3rd gen DC

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

DP. Fair points! I concede.

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Anonymous wrote:Brock-Lee. 5th+ generation Virginian.

Same. Immigrant who grew up in Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:3-Md

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said 2 and I also pronounced Wednesday and caramel with two syllables and drawer with one. If I’m thinking about it, I do use pronounce all of the syllables for those words—it might depend on who I’m talking to or whether it’s in a phrase.

I’m with you on Wednesday and caramel and drawer, but my broccoli has 3 syllables.

- Illinoisan

It’s 2 for me, from NoVa.

Whens-Day
Car-Mull
Brock-Lee

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2. Ohio

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Anonymous wrote:Three syllables. Pacific Northwest.

Ditto (Vancouver Canada)

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Brock-lee, Oregon.

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3 Bro-co-li
I’m an immigrant

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It’s 3 syllables broc-co-li. It’s an italian word and i am italian

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3 syllables, raised in central Maryland (Baltimore and Carroll Counties).

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3 syllables

brock-a-lee (a-lee sort of blends together quickly so I had to say it out loud a few times to be sure I was using 3 syllables)

which looks ridiculous when I write it out

- NJ

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3 syllables. Canadian.