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Originally Posted by Zach Purser
Maybe it's my southern dialect, but I only count 7 syllables in the first line.
five 'bots tangling with pasta
1 1 2 1 2
Can someone help me out here?
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I think the question is on tangling.
Tang - Ling => 2
Tan - gle - ing => 3
I don't know which is correct - so I looked it up in the dictionary. I couldn't figure out the pronunceation guide. So I looked it up in a different dictionary, used the pronunciation key in the front... and I THINK it's 3. Looked it up in a third... and I think it said 2. I have no idea.
I'm like a lawyer reading a CNC program. Lost.
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Even with my Southern drawl (ha), it's tan-guhl-ing. Three syllables. (Tangle is two, the -ing suffix adds the third.)