Originally Posted By: Myridon
Originally Posted By: Zed
How about schism?

"ism" was mentioned before but many (most? all?) words that end in -sm are pronounced with an "um" like spasm, microcosm, orgasm, cytoplasm, ...


I guess that depends on your idiolect. The same could be said about rhythm. I believe I pronounce them with a syllabic M. And did we ever decide whether we're looking for words with pronounced vowels or words with written vowels?