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Comment by pasc1878

2 days ago

Same in UK for what they are ie sticks of wax (They can be thin for cheap ones that break)

In UK it is two syllables.

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umanwizard  2 days ago

FWIW I’m American. According to the “Harvard Dialect Survey” which I found on Google, about 14% of people in the US pronounce it like I do and most of the rest with two syllables.

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