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[MoonSister75]

Originally Posted by michelej1

It's not even easy for me to SAY "peculiarly," let alone sing it. Michele

It took me a while to work that out...my head is stuffed up with a cold

Yes 5 syllables is tricky....

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by MoonSister75

It took me a while to work that out...my head is stuffed up with a cold

Yes 5 syllables is tricky....

I should think so, especially considering "peculiarly" is 4 syllables.

[MoonSister75]

Originally Posted by Richard B

I should think so, especially considering "peculiarly" is 4 syllables.

Ah yes, thank you for that. Now it really is a

English grammar is not one of my strong points as you can probably tell

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by MoonSister75

Ah yes, thank you for that. Now it really is a

English grammar is not one of my strong points as you can probably tell

It's 5, in the fashion in which I pronounce it.

And I googled after posting, and found an article saying it's 4 syllables, but I still disagree... "liar"(at least to me) isn't one syllable.

[MoonSister75]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

It's 5, in the fashion in which I pronounce it.

And I googled after posting, and found an article saying it's 4 syllables, but I still disagree... "liar"(at least to me) isn't one syllable.

Thanks! I pronouce it as 5 also - li-ar is 2 syllables to me... but clearly that's not the proper/google english.

Anyway, as if I haven't gone off topic enough already...just to say I'm here in London waiting for the concert at the O2 tomorrow night

ok, sorry, back to Christine....

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by MoonSister75

Thanks! I pronouce it as 5 also - li-ar is 2 syllables to me... but clearly that's not the proper/google english.

Anyway, as if I haven't gone off topic enough already...just to say I'm here in London waiting for the concert at the O2 tomorrow night

ok, sorry, back to Christine....

where abouts are you sat?

[MoonSister75]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

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

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

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?

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

It's 5, in the fashion in which I pronounce it.

And I googled after posting, and found an article saying it's 4 syllables, but I still disagree... "liar"(at least to me) isn't one syllable.

Yes, same. I know that it's supposed to be 4 syllables, but I make li-ar, two syllables. That's not what makes it hard to say though. It's those two "L" sounds coming so close together, with an "r" connector. Doesn't trip off the tongue.

But watching the crowd sing along to Everywhere like that was beautiful. I sang along too.

Michele