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Unread 08-23-2018, 05:46 AM
Jerome Betts Jerome Betts is offline
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Seems you are right , Mark, from this reading by Eliot himself. Not only three syllables but ar full-blooded and all the syllables in Brazilian too. 'Don' for 'Dun' as well
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I agree with Ann and Matt that in modern BrE the ar is a schwa.

Curious. I was once queried by a N. American editor for brilliant as 3 syllables on the grounds unheard of over there. I'd always thought Americans tended to scant fewer syllables, as in library and laboratory, but many exceptions it seems.

Last edited by Jerome Betts; 08-23-2018 at 10:44 AM. Reason: John Donne added Typo
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