Pronunciation of 'Terrorism'.

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Mark:

> Some do it with one R, others with two, and people like me do it with
> three.
>
> Some people do it with two syllables, others (like me) with three.
> <<<<<
>
> Hmmmm. It takes me four syllables, though some people probably hear them
as
> three:
>
>      'tEr R Iz @m   (R = syllabic r)

Maybe the variation is regional.  I live in Seattle and tend to pronounce it
in a way that kind of is between one and two r's.
Anne G