Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 19:04     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
^^GHW
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 19:03     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
Dana Carvey doing GWH Bush about “the broc-lee,” “not gonna do it, wouldn’t be prudent” if my memory serves me.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 18:57     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
2

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

Broc o leeeeee
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 18:56     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
3 syllables, Seattle area.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 18:55     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
Like this guy:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-mXIL_LKvvI
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 18:54     Subject: Re:Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
It has 3 syllables, but I only pronounce 2 of them. Florida.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 18:45     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
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
Post 11/18/2023 18:07     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
3 - Massachusetts and it’s Aunt not Ant!
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 18:06     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
3, pretty drawn out too—CA
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 18:00     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
2 from Dc.

My name is 3 syllables but I pronounce it as 2 as well.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2023 17:30     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
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
Post 11/18/2023 17:28     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
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
Post 11/18/2023 17:26     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
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
Post 11/18/2023 17:25     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
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
Post 11/18/2023 17:23     Subject: Broccoli - how many syllables? Where are you from?
2 syllables, Penna, Lehigh Valley area