literally (I'm being careful...) illustrates the distribution. Based on census data that are quite accurate so far a I've seen. From 1990s, but no significant changes since then show up in the US 2010 data thus far. Undoubtedly right about burgers and fries, but they shouldn't be replaced by chips and organ-meat pies (god, really?). Wait -- I think those are getting replaced by burgers already! Of course, the rule of the gyro applies anywhere in the Anglosphere. gary clark on September 25, 2011 11:06 pm the word Realtor does not have three syllables as stated it has two and is often mispronounced the correct pronunciation is Real-tor not real-la tor venqax on September 26, 2011 4:12 pm Of course you are correct about the insertion of a non-existent vowel between the L and the T. But you still have something of a problem arguing the the REAL in realtor is only one syllable. Matthew on September 28, 2011 7:41 am Funny how one (or more, I am not reading all of the comments) of you is speaking of pronunciation but cannot spell correctly. Tho is spelled though and advice is different from advise. According to the dictionary "vehicle" is 3 syllables. It also states the "medieval" can be pronounced both ways, correctly. venqax on September 28, 2011 2:39 pm Who says vehicle doesn't have 3 syllables? What would be the alternative? VEE-k'l? Does anyone say that? I agree that medieval as 3 syllables is acceptable because I've never heard