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DrBatman0 t1_j6pev31 wrote

Reply to comment by BillyBobBanana in The word 'Crisps' has a questionable number of syllables. by SANCTIMONY_METER

In some parts of North America, "squirrel" is pronounced as "skwirl", which means that "squirelled" is slightly longer than "strengths".

In the rest of the world, though, it's two syllables.

EDIT: turns out it's not just NA vs the world.

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steveos93 t1_j6pfo55 wrote

Wait, I'm from Ireland, how else is it pronounced other than Skwirl??? Do people say skwir-ell??

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DrBatman0 t1_j6pgfs1 wrote

Yep. Short I sound like in "is" - skwi - rel.

See also, professor Quirrell. Like that but with an s.

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