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How do you pronounce "squirrel"?

Being from the south, I know I tawk like I speel....but it's a squirl and and will never be two syllables in my world...that is all

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yeah pretty much the same here, except it's usually "dat fkin squirl"
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skwirl or skuirl for me but both pronounced with a silent F
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Tree rat, and dead somebytch. Same as you guys, one syllable.
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the dog recognizes 'Quirl!'
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I usually have to spell that out or the dogs get a bit agitated.
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1a : small common harmful or objectionable animals (such as lice or fleas) that are difficult to control
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the dog recognizes 'Quirl!'
Daughter just said "Squill" in the way back.

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My Asian form wife asked me years ago if it was pronounced "squeeler." I said, "No that's what you do." It's one of my nicknames for her.
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Around here, we have completely black colored squirrels that we call squiggers, does that count ?
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^^^ I've never seen an albino skwirl....would those be skwinos?

And before anyone objects to yer name....

That's just racist !

R. Pryor would LOL too...
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I have seen one. https://wedentondoit.com/blog/2016/12/21/rip-lucky-unts-albino-squirrel

Albino squirrels are somewhat common to UNT it seems.
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