>>>One could argue that pronouncing "tion" as "shn" is lazy and that it should be "shion" (like a Jamaican would pronounce it). But I suppose then it would really be 2 syllables. "shee-on" :-)
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>>Are you trying to destroy tons of lousy rock'n'roll rhymes (stayshn-nayshn-jennerayshn-expectayshn, mowshn-powshn-nowshn) which would never fit the space given if they were pronounced Jamaican style?
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>Ah but practically every reggae record uses them in the "ee-on" stylee.

So let's leave them as they were - they don't actually sing in the same language, do they?

>>>So let sleeping dogs lie. (and yes, I know, a dog can't tell a lie, esp. when it's asleep). :-)
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>>And specially when you can't tell if it's actually sleeping or just pretending...
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>So it might be lying about sleeping?

Or just lying about, sleeping :).