The Cellar

The Cellar (http://cellar.org/index.php)
-   Nothingland (http://cellar.org/forumdisplay.php?f=36)
-   -   How many syllables (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=34720)

Undertoad 12-09-2019 04:44 PM

How many syllables
 
The word "triplicate" has three syllables; that is right with the world. And the word "quadruplicate" has four. Again, this is correct. But the word "duplicate" has THREE syllables. And that is wrong.

The word "double" has two syllables, but the word "triple" also has two, and "quadruple" has three, again very wrong.

All the digits have one syllable, except for "seven", which is absolutely wrong. All the "teen" numbers have two syllables, except "seventeen", due to "seven", which makes "seven" an even bigger mistake.

BigV 12-09-2019 05:06 PM

Uno, English is weird.

Dos, it's interesting how language frames our perception.

Happy Monkey 12-09-2019 05:11 PM

ten eleven twelve is 1 - 3 - 1.

Ask Dr. Math for more!

Rhianne 12-09-2019 07:26 PM

'World Wide Web' has three. Its abbreviation - the short way of saying it - has nine.

glatt 12-09-2019 07:26 PM

Letters not syllables, I know, but “fork” has 4 letters and it is placed on the “left,” which also has 4 letters. “Knife” and “spoon” each have 5 letters and they are placed on the “right,” which also has 5 letters. This is good and just.

Undertoad 12-09-2019 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhianne (Post 1042833)
'World Wide Web' has three. Its abbreviation - the short way of saying it - has nine.

That's an abomination; and also: "information superhighway", at eight syllables, was ridiculous. It was replaced with the three-letter, one-syllable, "net".

monster 12-09-2019 08:16 PM

two words about finding long and unusual words sexy have sixy syllables:

sesquipedalian
logodaedalian

monster 12-09-2019 08:17 PM

little has more syllables than big :/

sexobon 12-09-2019 08:40 PM

Multisyllabic has five syllables which matches; but, so does monosyllabic which clashes.

monster 12-09-2019 08:46 PM

egg has one. sperm has one. baby has two.

sometimes things are right.

condom also has two.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:57 AM.

Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.