“How do you say ruined? Is it one, or two, syllables?”
Two. Not “Runned”
Yes, I’ve always heard it and pronounced it in 2 syllables roo-inned. But, a couple of weeks ago I heard Gretchen Carlson (from MN and on Fox and Friends) pronounce it as ONE syllable — “rooned”. She said it twice. Since then, I’ve heard a couple of other people pronounce it that way on TV.
Odd, isn’t it? It must be a Minnesota thing.