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Old 01-25-20 | 11:27 PM
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HTupolev
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Originally Posted by DrIsotope
Syllables, and what syllable the stress falls on.

bi-sick-uhl
tri-sick-uhl

mo-tor-sigh-kuhl
Yep.

It's pretty much because it rolls off the tongue better this way.
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