-- Posted by Mabzie at 11:54 am on Dec. 25, 2007 lol verbose verbose verbose verbose verbose -- Posted by Meep123 at 11:55 am on Dec. 25, 2007 emotion? 3 syllables. verbose verbose verbose! -- Posted by White Ninja at 11:56 am on Dec. 25, 2007 EMO SHUN <---- (unless you're talking about the shunning of a popular subculture) E MOE SHUN <---- (this is correct) -- Posted by branflakes at 11:57 am on Dec. 25, 2007 how the hell could it be 2 syllables? verbose verbose verbose -- Posted by Mabzie at 11:58 am on Dec. 25, 2007 Quote: from branflakes at 2:57 pm on Dec. 25, 2007 how the hell could it be 2 syllables? verbose verbose verbose emo·tion Which is what Webster says. -- Posted by kleigh at 11:58 am on Dec. 25, 2007 3 syllables. As a certified LiveWire Intellectual I am indubitably capable of composing a more verbose post, however, I shan't -- Posted by Northstar at 2:21 pm on Dec. 25, 2007 My brain is telling me 3 syllables, but I've been wrong before. -- Posted by holysaiyan1 at 3:34 pm on Dec. 25, 2007 This does not bode well for the Intellectual Forum if we're having to ask how to pronounciate common 7-letter words... -- Posted by Mabzie at 6:35 pm on Dec. 25, 2007 Quote: from holysaiyan1 at 6:34 pm on Dec. 25, 2007 This does not bode well for the Intellectual Forum if we're having to ask how to pronounciate common 7-letter words... Well when two dictionaries say two different things, maybe we should have a look at it. -- Posted by Radon at 8:55 am on Dec. 26, 2007 Quote: from Mabzie at 6:35 pm on Dec. 25, 2007 Quote: from holysaiyan1 at 6:34 pm on Dec. 25, 2007 This does not bode well for the Intellectual Forum if we're having to ask how to pronounciate common 7-letter words... Well when two dictionaries say two different things, maybe we should have a look at it. A dictionary? Come on, this doesn't exactly take a genius. Clap the fucking word if you have to. -- Posted by Amelle at 2:14 am on Dec. 29, 2007 I'd say it was three because you don't say emo-shun you say eeh-moe-shun. -- Posted by telomere13 at 4:07 pm on Jan. 1, 2008 "emo" can't possibly one syllable unless one of the letters is silent, which is not the case.  Thus, emotion must have at least three syllables. -- Posted by rcduggan at 1:58 pm on Jan. 2, 2008 ee-mo-shun I count three syllables.  I can't really understand how it would have two... -- Posted by sophos at 10:27 pm on Jan. 22, 2008 WOW! That's three letters, but only one syllable. But wait! There's also an exclamation mark. Does that make it four letters, and two syllables? Unless you count the 'W' only once, and exclude the punctuation. Is 'W' one letter, or two 'U's? What a conundrum. -- Posted by Darraaagh at 6:30 am on Jan. 23, 2008 Wow, five guys have voted 2 syllables. I have lost faith in my gender's capabilities. How did you pass the intellectual test? Emotion has 3 syllables. -- Posted by MoonLoveBaby at 11:04 pm on Sep. 12, 2009 THREE syllables. E-MO-SHUN. Verbose Verbose Verbose!!!!