Longest 1 syllable word

Originally posted by howardbradley
"Queueing" would fit the bill

well done 🙂

queuing has two syllables " queue-ing", so do all the scrinched scranched scru.......whatevers

Originally posted by General Putzer
queuing has two syllables " queue-ing", so do all the scrinched scranched scru.......whatevers

QUEUEING (your spelling is incorrect) is the answer to this question: " Is there an eight letter word with five vowels in a row? (in English)"
nothing to do with the original one posted by htownballer!

you 're wrong: scrinched and scraunched and all other words in my previous post have ONE syllable only: check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scraunched

also: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/queueing?view=uk

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no I'm sorry. it's "scraunch-ed" two syllables.

"ed "at the end of ANY word is another syllable.

I knew that when I was in the second grade.

Originally posted by General Putzer
no I'm sorry. it's "scraunch-ed" two syllables.

"ed "at the end of ANY word is another syllable.

I knew that when I was in the second grade.

please please please read this, you're mistaken:

" A syllable is a word or part of a word that can be pronounced with ONE IMPULSE from the voice. A syllable always contains a vowel sound, and most syllables have consonants associated with the vowel."

Now when you say "scraunched" , it is not pronounced "scraunch-- ed" as two separate sounds.

You write that "ed "at the end of ANY word is another syllable but this is not true in all cases:

Take "ended" or "provided" for example, then the "-ed" sound is one extra syllable: "en--ded" (two syllables) and "pro--vi--ded" (three syllables)

I knew that before I was in the second grade and I still do, after 5 years spent reading literature at University

Originally posted by General Putzer
no I'm sorry. it's "scraunch-ed" two syllables.

"ed "at the end of ANY word is another syllable.

I knew that when I was in the second grade.

Turns out you can't speak English.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Turns out you can't speak English.

True.

Originally posted by General Putzer
no I'm sorry. it's "scraunch-ed" two syllables.

"ed "at the end of ANY word is another syllable.

I knew that when I was in the second grade.

Regular verbs in English all have 'ed' added to their base form to become past tense verbs.

play + ed = played
walk + ed = walked
nod + ed = nodded

But these regular past tense verbs have one of three endings in regards to their pronunciation; /d/, /t/ and /id/.

The last sound of 'played' is /d/.
The last sound of 'walked' is /t/.
The last sound of 'nodded' is/id/.

(note that the 'letters' appearing between the back slashes represent sounds - I think in America, phonetic script appears between square brackets [] )

It is only the third group of regular past verbs - those that end in an /id/ sound - that count the final sound as a syllable.

played, walked scraunched, strived are all one syllable.

wanted, nodded, grated, are two syllable words.

general has three, I think (like imbecile), but is often pronounced as if it has two (like brainless).

putzer, like the German 'dumkopf', has two.

I think your claim that all words with an 'ed' at the end counting as an extra syllable was a bit of pee take because you at least attended second grade meaning you should have learnt better, but just in case you missed those classes - hope this post helps.

Originally posted by treetalk
Regular verbs in English all have 'ed' added to their base form to become past tense verbs.

play + ed = played
walk + ed = walked
nod + ed = nodded

But these regular past tense verbs have one of three endings in regards to their pronunciation; /d/, /t/ and /id/.

The last sound of 'played' is /d/.
The last sound of 'walked' is /t/.
The last soun e learnt better, but just in case you missed those classes - hope this post helps.

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OH SCREW IT WHO CARES ANYWAY?

How about 'smiles' - because there is a mile between each 's'

hahaha, ya i'll go with smiles.

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Originally posted by General Putzer
no I'm sorry. it's "scraunch-ed" two syllables.

"ed "at the end of ANY word is another syllable.

I knew that when I was in the second grade.

Guess that's why you had to repeat the 2nd grade?

Originally posted by uzless
Guess that's why you had to repeat the 2nd grade?

curtisy of google

The one most commonly cited is screeched (nine letters). However, one ought to mention also scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched, and the plural nouns straights and strengths (all with nine letters).

The complete Oxford English Dictionary also indicates the existence of scraughed, scrinched, scritched, scrooched, sprainged, spreathed, throughed, and thrutched.

The OED also cites a single instance of the ten-letter word scraunched, from the 1620 English translation of Don Quixote.