To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. From LearnThat.org. [Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French poet, dramatist, novelist.]
A Chinese syllable is composed of an initial and a final. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Yi] Reference
“A Chinese syllable is composed of an initial and a final” Hmm …. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Yi] Reference
The first syllable of diene is the Greek word for "two", and refers to the two double bonds. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950 - Presentation Speech] Reference
A syllable is short, if it contains a short vowel followed by a vowel or by a single consonant; as, mea, amat. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
It has so corrupted the ear, that absolutely our scholars cannot tell an English long syllable from a short one. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01] Reference
O head! thou has seen enough to split the planets and make an infidel of Abraham, and not one syllable is thine!. From Wordnik.com. [So now will I have to read it? It's not like they did.] Reference
The reduplication of the first syllable is a common way of implying repetitive action, as "to rub or scratch" implies. back. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
If you cannot speak a syllable of French, and love. From Wordnik.com. [The Paris Sketch Book] Reference
A syllable is a distinct sound produced by a single effort of. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
The quantity of a vowel or a syllable is the time it takes to pronounce it. From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
“It’s a portmanteau syllable for ‘Got no sense of smell to speak of.’. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
I was not in the House to hear anybody speak a syllable, nor do I ever wish it. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
A syllable is a single sound represented by one or more letters; as a, an, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Speller; Containing Exercises for Oral Spelling; also, Sentences for Silent Spelling by Writing from Dictation. In Which the Representative Words and the Anomalous Words of the English Language are so Classified as to Indicate Their Pronunciation, and to be Fixed in the Memory by Association.] Reference
syllable Instruction: A syllable is a unit of oral or written language with one vowel sound. From Wordnik.com. [Homeschool Reading Programs Help Homeschooling Parents Teach Effectively « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
(The first syllable rhymes with "fed.") "We found a vendor in Old Snowmass, and it's beautiful butter.". From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
Americans almost always pronounce their “h “s anyway, whether the first syllable is stressed ornot. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Historic Victory] Reference
I could not speak a syllable of their salvage gibberish, an it were to save me from the provost-marshal. ''. From Wordnik.com. [A Legend of Montrose] Reference
It's been a long time, but my recollection from his playing days is that the first syllable rhymes with yule. From Wordnik.com. [McCovey Chronicles] Reference
(Incidentally, the Cairo in Illinois is pronounced CAY-ro … the first syllable rhymes with day rather than die). From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Retardised Whovian’s Second Review Forum] Reference
Not having been able to pronounce one syllable, which is No! Not in a condition to lend must forbid himself to borrow. From Wordnik.com. [Images from the Essays of Montaigne] Reference
Even when every syllable is laid out for him on his teleprompter, Mr. Harvard didn’t know how to say a simple word. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Calling GOP Obstruction ‘Disgraceful,’ Reid Urges Obama To Recess Appoint ‘All’ Held-Up Nominees] Reference
She spoke with a kind of authority which surprised me; but as Don Francisco did not speak a syllable, I got up and obeyed. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Ask your husband what he thinks about your new dress or hairstyle and he's likely to respond with a one word syllable "Nice". From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
The master of Nacumera did not speak a syllable while his retainers seized Callistion, gagged her, and tied her hands with cords. From Wordnik.com. [Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship] Reference
It's MAH-see-moh (in most Italia words and names the emphasis is on the first syllable, which is what makes it sound the way it does). From Wordnik.com. [Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09] Reference
Even though the stress of Anil is probably on the second syllable, that isn't how most naive English speakers in the US would read it. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ODD NAMES.] Reference
Well in Taiwan it’d be approximately Ee Jyen Lyahng (actually the “y” in the 3rd syllable is kind of almost a quick “ay” sound). From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Yggy’s Assignment Desk] Reference
Why did she feel, that if she should speak a syllable of it now, the truth that lay behind it would look out, resistless, through its veil?. From Wordnik.com. [Faith Gartney's Girlhood] Reference
HYPERMETRIC, used of a syllable which is not reckoned or expected in the regular metrical pattern. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Each word, each syllable, is important. From Wordnik.com. [A Wreath For Emmett Till] Reference
Since on these Plains no syllable is secret. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions] Reference
Modern poetry isn’t bound by conventions such as syllable count. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bachmann To Vote For Resolution Promoting Census After Leading Campaign To Smear It] Reference
Want a three-syllable Swedish name of Hebrew origin beginning with the letter G?. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Or Micheal?] Reference
Every syllable that you let your eyes wander over gets you into more and more trouble. From Wordnik.com. [‘Mister B. Gone’] Reference
Still, it's strange to do an Anne Frank movie and not use a single syllable from her, isn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of The Attic, At Last] Reference
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