Foal-ee-idge

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 wrote:Foil idge

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

Foil idge

Foe lee edge

"leaves"

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

Foley-idge

Just don't pronounce it FOIL-age.

Google says 3 syllables.

Regional, both are acceptable.

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

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

Foal eee udge

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.