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Even I say March as one syllable (though I can see the occasional Mar-arch as making it two). The only thing I can think of (welcome back, by the way, she said streaming consciousness) is that perhaps you may actually be saying something like Mar-chuh, crisply rounding off the ch sound? I kind of swallow the uh sound, though I can't get rid of it altogether. How do you say arch?
Perhaps it's a regional thing, like the teacher from New York who had me thinking there was a car called a Porscher?
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the teacher from New York who had me thinking there was car called a Porscher? That would be the intrusive non-rhotic R. It's commonly pronounced /Porsh/ in English but the German pronunciation is more like /Porshuh/.
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March is my birth month...and I think its one syllable.
The 'ch' is soft and just quietly flows from the 'mar' ending the word.
Though I had to smile @ Faldage's "all months are one syllable"
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Even I say March as one syllable (though I can see the occasional Mar-arch as making it two). The only thing I can think of (welcome back, by the way, she said streaming consciousness) is that perhaps you may actually be saying something like Mar-chuh, crisply rounding off the ch sound? I kind of swallow the uh sound, though I can't get rid of it altogether. How do you say arch?
Perhaps it's a regional thing, like the teacher from New York who had me thinking there was a car called a Porscher?
Hmm, you are correct, listening to my pronunciation, there is a chuh sound placed at the end. And I learn yet again. Thank you for the return welcome. Though I had to smile @ Faldage's "all months are one syllable"
Completely agreed, for he brought a laugh when one was needed. Thank you Faldage. I now have the answers I sought, and being all the better for the inquiry there in. I am very grateful for the support,
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Darn, and Apr is my birth month. I want a single syllable
like everyone else.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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So in other words, it is, within the English lexicon, actually the "ar " sound in March that is deemed the syllabic aspect. Thus rendering the two distinct sounds as just consonates and dialect?
The definition of "syllable" is tricky, but in English a syllable consists of a vowel sound and any surrounding consonants. "March" contains 1 vowel sound, so it has 1 syllable.
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whereas, e.g., Porsche is arguably one or two sylLAbles, depending on if you think the e is silent or if you think it's a schwa. (or depending on what language you're trying to speak : )
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I think it has much to do with Two different sounds to make the one complete sound. Mar and ch.
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So, how many syllables is strengths?
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