How many syllables in 'diamond'

[Aparecium]

I'm in SE England and always say it in two syllables: DI-mond. But I've just been listening to an audiobook read in a very RP accent, and every character gives it three syllables: DI-a-mond. The a is more of a neutral shwah sound than a flat a.

AFAIK I speak RP with a slight foreign accent at times (1st gen immigrant).

So, which is right?

2! The a is not pronounced.

dia·mond
[ˈdʌɪəmənd, ˈdʌɪmənd]

Two for me. It's exactly the same as saying "die mond" or "Di mond".

Isn’t the ‘a’ a schwa? And so is hardly voiced?

Still wrong.

The way you say it for Secretary of State is right

Three

Diamond: Di-uh-mund, 3 syllables but the middle one is brief.

Dymond as in presenter Johnny Dymond: 2 syllables.

I’d say “dire-mind” with a non-rhotic R

To be fair, Shirley is a right one for inserting extra vowels left, right and centre though - just think about how she says “Foareeevear” !! 😀

Musical license or something 😁

This.

The ath-leet took the Di-mind to the lie-bree this Wens-day

I say dye-a-mund

2 and I’m fully RP.

East Anglia here
I say diamond and library with 3 syllables but the middle one is very short.

I say Athlete with 2.

“Diamond” has two syllables: di-a-mond is typically pronounced as "dai-mond."

I was going to join in, but I’ve now said all the words too many times and I no longer have any idea how I say them. 🫠🫠🫠

If you repeat the same word often enough it loses all meaning. 😆

DI mund
LIE bree
WENS dee

Also diamond and Dymond are pronounced exactly the same here

LTB

(lighthearted, obvs!)

I almost breath out the “a” in diamond.

To throw another one into the mix, does Keir have one syllable or two?

I say it with two syllables as I say rear, pier and weir but they are only just two syllables.

I say hear, deer and fear with one syllable.

I've noticed some news readers say Keir as two syllables. Not overtly two (ie they aren't saying "Kee-err), it's very subtle. But definitely more than one. Which is how I say it. Others just say it as one syllable.

I would say all those words the same, with sort of 1.5 syllables, with the second one slightly swallowed.

So not Kee-yer, more like Key-yr. Dee-yr. Hee-yr. But even more compressed than that.

I’m not explaining it very well!

What about chocolate?

Choc-lut or choc-oh-lut?