POOT-yin/POOCH-in

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/8/2000 11:59:36 AM, t.paikeday at SYMPATICO.CA writes:

<< And yes, the first syllable of "Putin" should be shown as (POO-) because
it is a

stressed long-vowel syllable >>

Surely there are exceptions to this rule, e.g., where morpheme boundaries (or
psuedo morpheme boundaries) are concerned? It would seem to me very unnatural
to syllabify e.g., DUELING as DUE + LING, much less HOOTING as HOO + TING.
Does this mean that BOOZER is BOO + ZER?