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    What is the shortest three-syllable word in the English language?

    Question #121297. Asked by metsfan1001. (May 02 11 8:07 PM)


    star_gazer

    		Area or idea.

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090429043415AAWFcIJ

    May 02 11, 9:11 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Both of those are two-syllable words, with the last syllable being a diphthong.

    May 03 11, 7:10 PM
    queproblema

    		I pronounce those words with three syllables:

    AIR-ee-uh

    eye-DEE-uh (Substandard pronunciation: eye-DEER)

    Another one is oleo:
    OH-lee-oh

    May 04 11, 10:18 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Area is three - idea can be either. I tend to use eye-dee-a, but often hear eye-deer. (I try to avoid the schwa an words ending with a - just being awkward, I suppose.)

    May 04 11, 4:00 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Where I come from, a schwa is not treated as a syllable.

    May 06 11, 8:10 AM

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