How many syllables in the word "world"?

[LaPerduta]

Inspired by another thread, I'm interested in words which are pronounced differently in different accents by native English speakers in the UK and Ireland.

I only realised recently that some people pronounce "none" the same as "non", rather than "nun".

In Scotland some people pronounce "pattern" as "pattron". Iron is "eye-ron" rather than "eye-un".

There must be many more...

Poem = po-yum
I cant say it any other way!

@LaPerduta surely pattern is patter-in in Scotland!

What? I honestly don't know anyone from this area (East Midlands) that doesn't pronpunce then the same!

And I've just made myself look illiterate. I'm currently struggling with visual disturbances!

How could none and non ever sound the same?

Hellooooo

None and Nun don’t sound remotely similar. 🤔

My Scottish DH says worrum and Carol for Carl. When he introduce me to the new postie Carol, I was mortified to discover his name was actually Carl. 🤪🤦🏻‍♀️

Yes, and "non of your business" is quite common on here, too.

Po- (to rhyme with "so") im (to rhyme with "him").

Not saying your pronunciation is wrong, btw. 🙂

Some people do say pattron. West coast?

It’s not because they’re rhotic, it’s a svarabhakti vowel - it happens in some Scottish accents because they happen in Gaelic. I’m assuming Irish will be a similar crossover.

No, patt-urn or patt-rin are the only versions I can think of hearing.

I think maybe because it's got 2 syllables for everyone it doesn't follow the same pronunciation "pattern" as worm and world etc.

One, won and nun 🤷🏽‍♀️

I'm from Belfast

All the same to me

"He won one race"

Sounds like "he won won(one) race"

One. There are 2 syllables in words such as school, gold, cold, bowl and the like in my Yorkshire accent, though.

At primary school we had a dinner lady from Scotland. We called her Mrs. T and she was from Scotland and had a very strong accent. Girls sounded like ge-rils with a strong rolled rrrr in the middle. Down sounded like doon to rhyme with moon.

I'm from daan saff so world has one syllable but pronounced weld or at least that's how I remember us singing Starry Night as kids "King of all the weld"🤣

The one that annoys me is vegetables said with four syllables like someone from Yorkshire might say it. Just makes me think of old men on allotments in flat caps holding their prize leek 🥒 it's clear to me you're meant to ignore the second e.

Lie buh rih -library,
the end of the word sounds similar to the end of Edinburgh except buh ree rather than buh ruh. (Edinburgh area Scottish accent).

One but kind of long, if that makes sense. I would say nun, and pattrun, and eye-urn but the urn bit would be quick. I think that's how most Dubs would say them.

I'm Scottish, so 'world' has 2 syllables - same as towel, girl, Carl, and worm.

Worth mentioning too, there isn't a "Scottish accent", in the same way that there isn't an "English accent".

I say none to rhyme with on , rather than nun.

As in nonsensical etc.

There very probably aren't. They're just longer long vowels.

People are getting confused as to what syllables are.

@JockTamsonsBairns "towel" has 2 syllables because it has 2 vowel sounds. Not because you're Scottish. "world" still only has one, despite the R being pronounced in your accent and thus the word being lengthened.

None rhymes with one and gone... definitely not gun or done!

Gun, done, one and none all rhyme for me (SE). They don’t rhyme with gone.

World does have 2 in some Scottish accents, it’s more like wurruld - there’s an extra vowel.