When teaching syllables to the kids I'd ask how many the word “dead” had. One if from IN, two (dead-uh) if from KY and three if from TX (DE-yuh-duh).
Names like Jeremy can have two or three depending upon the family. Jer-my or Jer-uh-me.
183 posted on 01/09/2011 6:35:24 PM PST by hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)