Jackie, it's really a good question. I had often entertained it whilst writing "The World, as Told to the Young Man" a work of some 77,000 words entirely of one syllable except for the footnotes

Webster's Collegiate is somewhat equivocal. Presumably the hyphen preceding the schwa signifies a syllable. Weald doesn't have it while world does though for the life of me both sound the same

If you'd like to read my book I'd be flattered; I am dalehileman@verizon.net

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