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Googol, silicon, Oregon: I guess this syllable marker is a little contradictory to what I'm saying

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[td]== Googol, silicon, Oregon ==[/td]
[td]== Googol, silicon, Oregon ==[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]I saw a video of [[Carl Sagan]] talking about large numbers, and I was struck by the way he pronounced "googol" with a syllabic l, /guː.gɫ̩/ I think, rather than a full second syllable, /ˈguː.gɑl/ or something like that, as I'm used to.[/td]
[td]I saw a video of [[Carl Sagan]] talking about large numbers, and I was struck by the way he pronounced "googol" with a syllabic l, /guːgɫ̩/ I think, rather than a full second syllable, /ˈguː.gɑl/ or something like that, as I'm used to.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]On the other hand, Easterners tend to use a full syllable in "silicon" and "Oregon", where I would use a syllabic n, /ˈsɪlɨkn̩/, /ˈɔːrɨgn̩/.[/td]
[td]On the other hand, Easterners tend to use a full syllable in "silicon" and "Oregon", where I would use a syllabic n, /ˈsɪlɨkn̩/, /ˈɔːrɨgn̩/.[/td]

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