A list of 45 words by pterodactyl.
- rendezvouswas added by pterodactyl and appears on 112 lists
- fianceewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 10 lists
- fiancewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 13 lists
- cashewwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 37 lists
- capsizewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 24 lists
- babycakeswas added by pterodactyl and appears on 11 lists
- chimpanzeewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 26 lists
- smoothiewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 16 lists
- deadlinewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 25 lists
- spreadsheetwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 16 lists
- proofreadwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 15 lists
- rewritewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 11 lists
- kickasswas added by pterodactyl and appears on 12 lists
- emailwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 23 lists
- kleptomaniacwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 33 lists
- humuhumunukunukuapua'awas added by pterodactyl and appears on 9 lists
- radioassayingwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 2 lists
- bamboowas added by pterodactyl and appears on 46 lists
- booyawas added by pterodactyl and appears on 9 lists
- inhumanelywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 4 lists
- inhumanewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 6 lists
- humanewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 35 lists
- judaizewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 2 lists
- grotesquelywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 4 lists
- grotesquewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 140 lists
- duvetwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 30 lists
- kryptonwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 16 lists
- gizmowas added by pterodactyl and appears on 47 lists
- depotwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 17 lists
- minnowwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 37 lists
- polowas added by pterodactyl and appears on 22 lists
- igloowas added by pterodactyl and appears on 36 lists
- tikiwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 13 lists
- flightywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 26 lists
- wordywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 20 lists
- dildowas added by pterodactyl and appears on 35 lists
- princesswas added by pterodactyl and appears on 55 lists
- caféwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 12 lists
- sumacwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 31 lists
- lilacwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 111 lists
- argonwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 29 lists
- sashaywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 72 lists
- surveywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 42 lists
- balletwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 40 lists
- decoywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 34 lists
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
WORDIE CHALLENGE:
Find me a word for this list that's three or more syllables long.
Proper nouns don't count.
April 14, 2009
yarb commented on the list schwa-free
misfortune? judaize?
April 14, 2009
sionnach commented on the list schwa-free
I'm never really sure what a schwa is, but would "grotesquely" or "curiosity" fit the bill?
April 14, 2009
yarb commented on the list schwa-free
polytheism.
April 14, 2009
skipvia commented on the list schwa-free
Words like deleted work if you're not from the South...
April 14, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
Thank you all for your effusive response! I love you guys. :-)
That said, I must note that most of your submissions do, in fact, have schwas, at least in my dialect. Per my own rules, I'll still add them if you can give me an example of a dialect that pronounces them without schwas.
In the meantime, special gold stars go to yarb and sionnach for "judaize" and "grotesquely", both of which fit the bill nicely.
April 14, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
Now, how about a four-syllable word?...
April 14, 2009
sionnach commented on the list schwa-free
Is a schwa?
April 14, 2009
sionnach commented on the list schwa-free
This is inhumane. Ptero is treating us ìnhumanely.
Booya!
April 14, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
Sweet Buddha on a bicycle, that was fast, sionnach!
*applauds*
April 14, 2009
sionnach commented on the list schwa-free
Why, I guess I've been using schwa-free words all my live without ever even knowing. Aw shucks!
It was either come up with something fast, or spend half the night tossing and turning, rejecting potential candidates in my brain.
And, no thanks. I will pass on the big five-syllable challengeª.
ª: If only this were really true. Damn you, ptery, you cruel fiend!
April 14, 2009
mollusque commented on the list schwa-free
Sionnach apparently finds these challenges to be disinhibiting.
April 14, 2009
strev commented on the list schwa-free
Free the schwa! Long live the schwa!
(I have a lot to learn here)
April 14, 2009
bilby commented on the list schwa-free
As skip noted, accent has a lot to do with it. Disinhibiting would be close to five-schwa star performer in New Zealand.
April 14, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list schwa-free
I just love ptero's "Note for pedants."
April 14, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
Why, thank you, chained_bear! As an incorrigible pedant myself, I felt I needed to accommodate my nitpicking brethren. :-)
April 14, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
Disinhibiting, in my dialect, is /dɪsən'hɪbəɾɪŋ/. How do you guys pronounce it?
April 14, 2009
mollusque commented on the list schwa-free
I'd say /dɪsɪn'hɪbɪɾɪŋ/, not that I've used it in conversation. OED gives all the i's in disinhibit the same value.
April 14, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
It occurs to me, mollusque, that I surrounded my IPA transcription with slash marks (/), which refer to phonemes. This was a mistake. I was actually talking about phones, so I should have used square brackets, like this: dɪsən'hɪbəɾɪŋ.
As far as phonemes go, well, you're right. I only have ɪ's for you.
April 14, 2009
qroqqa commented on the list schwa-free
The OED's second edition uses traditional RP, in which unstressed /ɪ/ is the same phone as when stressed: so words like indivisibility or remitted have the same vowel throughout. Present-day RP and near-RP (such as Estuary) however aligns with most other accents of English in having ə for many of the unstressed positions. The third edition revision (which won't cover D for a long time) uses the symbol <ɨ> to indicate that both phones are possible.
Edit: Actually it's dotless crossed <i>, which isn't exactly the IPA cardinal symbol; I'd need to use strikethrough to show it, but that doesn't seem to work.
April 14, 2009
qroqqa commented on the list schwa-free
Angioneurotic is six syllables and would work in all accents, I believe.
April 14, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
I keep saying "neurotic" over and over again, trying to figure out what vowel I have for the first syllable. The problem is that the vowel is colored by the r that follows it. It could be a schwa, but honestly, I can't really tell.
Perhaps I should stop repeating "neurotic" to myself. I don't want the other people in this computer lab to worry...
April 15, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list schwa-free
It's not a schwa. It's a diphthong. No? I consider it this sound: ü (not a schwa).
April 15, 2009
mollusque commented on the list schwa-free
How about radioassaying? I put the stress on the first syllable of assaying, so there's no schwa.
April 15, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
*applauds*
Mollusque, you're amazing. Radioassaying! I had to look it up to be sure -- you've found a SIX SYLLABLE word that's pronounced without schwas!
*very impressed indeed*
April 16, 2009
mollusque commented on the list schwa-free
You ain't seen nothing yet. How about twelve syllables? Pronunciation available here.
April 16, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
*stares open-mouthed*
It's... it's...
It's too much for the human mind to comprehend.
*faints*
April 16, 2009
reesetee commented on the list schwa-free
Wow. This whole page hurts my brain in a delightful way.
April 16, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the list schwa-free
As mentioned elsewhere, kleptomaniac is a possibility, provided one is careful to pronounce a long o on the second syllable.
April 29, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list schwa-free
I don't know that I've ever heard it pronounced without the long O. Has anyone else? *curiouser*
P.S. This is indeed a nice list!
April 29, 2009
yarb commented on the list schwa-free
Mmm, I think I'd have to pronounce it carefully to be sure, cb. Certainly doesn't sound wrong with a schwa to my ear.
April 29, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
When I say "kleptomaniac", the second vowel is an o in my mind, but it comes out of my mouth as a schwa.
Nevertheless, I know that some people pronounce the o as an o, so onto the list it goes!
April 29, 2009
bilby commented on the list schwa-free
kleptomaniac is one of those words I'm uncomfortable pronouncing with a clear o as it then resembles hokey trade names like toast-o-matic and so on.
April 29, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list schwa-free
Only if you pause as if there were hyphens in it.
April 29, 2009
bilby commented on the list schwa-free
But-I-do!
April 29, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list schwa-free
After my "Fun with Chachalacas" event yesterday afternoon, I began to wonder if the inverse of this list is logically "three-or-more-syllable words that contain ONLY schwas."
April 30, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
John just plugged this list on Twitter (thanks John! I like it too!), so I'm going to return the favor. If you guys aren't following Wordie on Twitter, you should be. It's like John's panning for gold in our stream of consciousness. :-)
September 25, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the list schwa-free
Funny but I was just thinking of this tonight, and came up with encyclopedic. Not sure...
September 25, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list schwa-free
Well, I guess it depends on your dialect, Milos. Personally, I have a schwa for the "o" in "encyclopedic", but if you don't, I'll cheerfully add it to the list.
September 25, 2009