linguist like to argue with (or criticize) non-linguists, too

[Mark A Mandel]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, James A. Landau wrote:

#mam at THEWORLD.COM writes:
#
#> I sure would, but why three syllables? [dlI'fLk], with syllabic [l] in
#>  the second syllable.

        [snip detailed explanation]

#So there!

So much for hoi polloi. But *I* would happily say [dlI'fLk] or
[dlI'fIlk].

-- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and
   Philological Busybody
   a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel