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A particular concern for Aldwin is that he frequently makes something called phonemic paraphasic errors, when a person substitutes a sound or syllable that resembles the intended word.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
In healthy participants, brain activity dropped when the imagined syllable matched the sound played through the headphones.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
It lasts just over two minutes, and not a single note or syllable is wasted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Fun fact: my favorite culinary school instructor pronounced it “eye-oh-LEE,” with emphasis on the last syllable.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025
Americans dutifully adopted the new term, but many British users disliked aluminum, pointing out that it disrupted the –ium pattern established by sodium, calcium, and strontium, so they added a vowel and syllable.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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