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#175958 - 04/17/08 01:41 PM Re: stylite definitions [Re: twosleepy]
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6489 Loc: lower upstate New York	Yep. I meant from what's left over of the plausible definitions! :o)
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#175960 - 04/17/08 03:41 PM Re: stylite definitions [Re: AnnaStrophic]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 10392 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	I say F . I was also very surprised that this word has only two syllables; I'd been sure it was STY-uh-lite. Like style is sty-uhl. Now don't you-all tell me there's anybody out there who can pronounce style in one syllable only!
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#175970 - 04/17/08 05:46 PM Re: stylite definitions [Re: Jackie]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3764 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	For sure I can, but it might not sound very Kentuckian. I can't imagine why you have to make this little in between step. Sty-uh-lite? (we've done this before) Like twilight.
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#175973 - 04/17/08 06:32 PM Re: stylite definitions [Re: BranShea]
Maven member Registered: 04/27/07 Posts: 120 Loc: California	Stile...a step used to go between pastures without crawling over/under/through a fence. Homonym for style, in my mangled usage. _________________________ tempus edax rerum
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#175976 - 04/17/08 07:01 PM Re: stylite definitions [Re: Maven]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12532	I'd count style as one and a half syllables. Tack the -ite on the end and the L has something to grab a hold of so it's only two syllables.
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#175978 - 04/17/08 07:17 PM Re: stylite definitions [Re: Jackie]
The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: Jackie I say F . I was also very surprised that this word has only two syllables; I'd been sure it was STY-uh-lite. Like style is sty-uhl. Now don't you-all tell me there's anybody out there who can pronounce style in one syllable only! Jackie Jackie Jackie, what're we gonna do with you, huh? $\:D$
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#175991 - 04/17/08 10:38 PM Re: stylite definitions [Re: The Pook]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 10392 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	You ain't gonna make no Yankee out of me, that's fer sure! $\:D$ I come from the state where people have been known to say pee-ON-sull. Edit: Like twilight. Yeah, I can say that in two syllables, but not stylite, probably because there's no such word as twile. Style and stile both have two syllables!
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