Re: CHAT: Being both theologically correct and properly modern

On Sat, 12 May 2001 20:48:06 -0400 Robert Hailman <robert@...>
writes:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
> >
> > Raymond Brown wrote:
> > > I remember one old timer in the village Church choir pronounced
> that last
> > > word disyllabically thus: /'wVr@ldz/
> >
> > That's not normal?  I say it /worl=dz/ or /wor@ldz/ (not sure
> which is
> > correct, but disyllabic at any rate), I never realized that that
> was not
> > normal ...
> I remember years ago I heard that "world" only had one syllable, and
> I
> remember that confused me, because as far as I could tell, it had 2.
> I don't know how I pronounced it at the time, though. Now it's
> monosyllabic, for me. /wVrldz/ or some such.
>
> --
> Robert
-

I say "world" as one syllable.  "Charles", however, is two.  [tSarl=z],
as is "iron" [ajr=n].


-Stephen (Steg)
 "who is wise?  one who learns from everyone."
     ~ ben Zoma

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