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Words of two syllables are not necessarily longer than words of one syllable.
If we measure the amount of time it takes us to say a word like dad we come up with a length of 520 milliseconds.
The word daddy, though, which is two syllables long, takes only 420 milliseconds.
Try it and see if you agree :)
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Source: LIN100Y1 Textbook | Contemporary Linguistic Analysis
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