That scans to me as five syllables. Is the penult perhaps "TINE"?
Also, if these pronunciation guides are your own: gosh, you have a lot of schwas in unstressed syllables. :) And Midwestern fronting/raising, at least partly. Californians are charged (rightly) with schwa abuse via slurring, but it took me a moment to work out the first suggested pronunciation, too. Interesting.
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Date: 2013-09-04 03:56 am (UTC)That scans to me as five syllables. Is the penult perhaps "TINE"?
Also, if these pronunciation guides are your own: gosh, you have a lot of schwas in unstressed syllables. :) And Midwestern fronting/raising, at least partly. Californians are charged (rightly) with schwa abuse via slurring, but it took me a moment to work out the first suggested pronunciation, too. Interesting.