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Old 06-21-2015, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum View Post
There are 4 syllables in peculiarly.
The word is broken up into the separate vowel-sound groups;

pec (1st), ul (2nd), iar (3rd), ly (4th)

iar should sound more like 'yar' than 'ee-ar'

... I think
There seems to be some disagreement on the internet about it too

http://www.howmanysyllables.com calculates 5 syllables

Other sites say 4 and they all seem to divide it up differently

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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum View Post
where abouts are you sat?
I'll be sitting in row K, A1, almost at the end of the row (Christine's side) Are you there tomorrow and if so where are you?
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