The word ENGLAND has 2 syllables

[Harimo]

Ok, this should be in Pedants corner, but it drives me MENTAL.

it's ENG-LAND

NOT ING-GER-LAND or ING-A-LAND or Even IN-GA-LAND.

ENG-LAND.

Geddit!!

GAH!!

Drives me Mental!!!

That is true... well done, you may progress to the next level

well said, YANBU

Well done, MadameDeathStare !

Yes, yes, but for the purposes of singing on the terraces, it is 'Eng-er-land'. If you start getting all pedantic about syllables, you will just sound like a twat

its only ing-ger-land to rhyme with the 'ere we go tune though

we don't sing "in ing-ger-lands green and pleasant land" at the proms do we!

You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you
Defend and attack
Theres only one way to beat them
Get round the back
Catch me if you can
Cos' I'm the England man
And what you're looking at
Is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans
This ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest
I know we can't go wrong

So there.....

Nothing to do with footie chants - if ING-GER-LAND works better, then fine.

Its normal conversation, when someone says 'I live in INGERLAND'

NO YOU DON'T... you live in England!!!!!!!!

mmm, etymologically speaking it started off as three syllables, didn't it? I seem to remember it in medieval documents (Chaucer? Domesday Book?) as something like Engerlond. Maybe the three syllable fans are just harking back to the good old days 700 years back.

Agree with Madam Deathstare that the prevalence of 'geddit' is far more pernicious.

How old are you, BlauerEngel??????

Get over yourself, it works well in songs

better than listening to endless chants of WAY-YALS like I have to throughout the six nations!

We're all at it, dont just blame the eng-er-lish

I don't mind it in songs..

It's normal conversation that gets me

Oh yeah deffo weird in normal convo

To be really pedantic, Englaland/ Ingelonde (3/4 syllables) were common in the North for a long time. The standardization of spelling is Southern-biased, so really all you are doing is crushing the poor mistreated Northerners when you say this.

I am a poor mistreated northerner... And have never heard that!!

Harimo, I'm talking about a few centuries ago ... I think you are not quite that old!

Screamin - nope, it's not. Other way around.

(Goes to write paper and stops being a medievalist now)

screaming that is arse, you know

"land" is a teutonic suffix

"Eng" is from "Angle", so Frankish

so tis a contraction of the two main consituent cultures

but it does only have two syllables

Greensleeves... will you tutor me for my Ingerlish exam?

I see your posts sometimes Madame D, and they often worry me. What goes on in that mind of yours all day I wonder.

Good ain't it, been waiting to drop that on you!