Longest One-Syllable Word
Dec 27, 2022 07:05:31 #
In English, this is the longest one-syllable word.
Scraunch - To crunch, crush, or grind. from 1620
Scraunch - To crunch, crush, or grind. from 1620
Dec 27, 2022 09:55:50 #
Dec 27, 2022 10:42:01 #
SteveR wrote:
Michigan is going to scraunch TCU on Saturday. I hope!!
Yeah! Let's use those long words!
Dec 28, 2022 06:08:37 #
Dec 28, 2022 06:45:14 #
Dec 28, 2022 08:37:59 #
jerryc41 wrote:
In English, this is the longest one-syllable word.
Scraunch - To crunch, crush, or grind. from 1620
Scraunch - To crunch, crush, or grind. from 1620
Q: What is the shortest two-syllable word?
A: In Texas, it is "yes" ... pronounced Yay-us.
Dec 28, 2022 09:33:18 #
melismus
Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country
bobbyjohn wrote:
Q: What is the shortest two-syllable word?
A: In Texas, it is "yes" ... prono'tunced Yay-us.
A: In Texas, it is "yes" ... prono'tunced Yay-us.
An ai is a three-toed sloth. Properly pronounced, it has two syllables. i don't think that one will be undercut.
Dec 28, 2022 09:58:06 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
Q: What is the shortest two-syllable word?
A: In Texas, it is "yes" ... pronounced Yay-us.
A: In Texas, it is "yes" ... pronounced Yay-us.
In New England, yes is pronounced Ay-up
Dec 28, 2022 10:00:51 #
melismus wrote:
An ai is a three-toed sloth. Properly pronounced, it has two syllables. i don't think that one will be undercut.
Aa (pronounced ah-ah) is a Hawaiian word describing a form of lava (and it only uses one letter)
Dec 28, 2022 10:18:41 #
melismus wrote:
Strength is same length.
And it only has one vowel which, When believe, is another distinction.
Dec 28, 2022 10:49:02 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Aa (pronounced ah-ah) is a Hawaiian word describing a form of lava (and it only uses one letter)
PĀHOEHOE is the other kind of lava. "pa-HOY-HOY"
Dec 28, 2022 11:26:17 #
jerryc41 wrote:
PĀHOEHOE is the other kind of lava. "pa-HOY-HOY"
I suspect there are more than two kinds of lava. Eskimos are reputed to have more than 100 names for different kinds of snow.
Dec 28, 2022 12:34:39 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
I suspect there are more than two kinds of lava. Eskimos are reputed to have more than 100 names for different kinds of snow.
On Hawaii, there are two kinds: the chunky kind - Aa, and the smooth kind Pahoehoe.
The Eskimos have maybe fifty words for snow, depending on who you call an Eskimo, and what you consider a word for snow. Where we say "wet snow," "dry snow," and "slush," they have completely different words for each. We have "snow" and "hail" two different words for two different kinds of precipitation.
Dec 28, 2022 14:29:19 #
jerryc41 wrote:
On Hawaii, there are two kinds: the chunky kind - Aa, and the smooth kind Pahoehoe.
The Eskimos have maybe fifty words for snow, depending on who you call an Eskimo, and what you consider a word for snow. Where we say "wet snow," "dry snow," and "slush," they have completely different words for each. We have "snow" and "hail" two different words for two different kinds of precipitation.
The Eskimos have maybe fifty words for snow, depending on who you call an Eskimo, and what you consider a word for snow. Where we say "wet snow," "dry snow," and "slush," they have completely different words for each. We have "snow" and "hail" two different words for two different kinds of precipitation.
Wikipedia lists 4 kinds, but only two of them are described by single words.
Dec 28, 2022 14:34:33 #
mindzye
Loc: WV
jerryc41 wrote:
Yeah! Let's use those long words!
I'll scrunch up my nose in thought on this one........
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