Pronunciation of 'Terrorism'.

[A. Maberry]

Me neither. I get 1.5 when speaking slowly and 1 when speaking quickly.
I could only imagine 3 if one said /tEr-roriz at m/, which I don't think I've
heard. "
"Tearizm" seems ok to me.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu


On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Peter A. McGraw wrote:

> Try as I may, I still cannot comprehend where someone would put a third /r/
> in /tEroriz at m/.  "Trerrorism"?!  "Terrorizerm"?!
>
> Peter Mc.
>
>
> --On Wednesday, October 3, 2001 12:27 PM -0500 Mark Odegard
> <markodegard at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Someone reminded me that -ism is actually TWO syllables. Why does part of
> > me nonetheless perceive it to be one? Thus, I hit all three Rs, and do the
> > whole word as four syllables.
> >
> > Using the online M-W system, 'ter-r&r-"i-z&m, 'ter-r&r-"ist gets close.
> >
> > I used 'General American' to describe Giuliani's accent, in that he's
> > moved it more to the center, taking care with his Rs. Nonetheless, he
> > still says 'drawer a line' when not being careful. What else are you
> > supposed to use?
> >
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