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04-21-2005, 03:27 PM
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Pronounciation of "syrup"
Is it...
Suuuurp?
Sirp?
Sirrup?
I hear people pronounce it in all three ways. 
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04-21-2005, 03:31 PM
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Re: Pronounciation of "syrup"
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Originally posted by Dionysus
Sirrup?
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I've always thought that was how it was pronounced.
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04-21-2005, 03:36 PM
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Re: Pronounciation of "syrup"
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Originally posted by Dionysus
Sirrup?
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That's how I say it but it always seems like a terribly awkward word to say, kind of like caramel.
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04-21-2005, 03:42 PM
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sear up
I find mirror and scissors difficult to say. meer or
I have also heard people pronounce program as pro grum.
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04-21-2005, 04:06 PM
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I pronounce it sir-up
And I get weird looks in the NW because I pronounce Caramel KAR-mel
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04-21-2005, 04:21 PM
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"syrup" should be "sir-up". However, my Jersey Guy husband calls it "sear-up". I correct my daughters when they emulate Daddy as far as that. 
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04-21-2005, 04:29 PM
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Seer-Up...
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04-21-2005, 04:56 PM
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Its pronounced the way that its spelled: syr-up.
The "syr" is pronounced just like the first syllable in "Syria."
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04-21-2005, 04:58 PM
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It sorta sounds like "sur-rup" when I say it.
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04-21-2005, 05:24 PM
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I usually say sear up but I also will say Surrup .
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04-21-2005, 05:25 PM
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sear up
It's probably another regional thing.
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04-21-2005, 05:30 PM
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Sear Up.
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04-21-2005, 06:07 PM
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the y is not a 'hard' i, according to my OED - it's (si'r-ep, sūr-)
[i' is as in pit, ūr is as in urge]
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04-21-2005, 06:16 PM
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04-21-2005, 06:19 PM
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[srp, sūr-]
now to translate from IPA to non IPA speaking form (the reverse e thing that i think is called a schwa but a schwa might be something else is missing)
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