Hey Mike,

That is an "i" with a line over it, meaning it is a long sounding "i" (sounds like the letter itself). It counts as one syllable, and the "L" does not count as a syllable. Other words with long vowel sounds, ending in "L" are:

bale
deal
mule
pole

And they are all considered to have only one syllable, AFAIK...


>>ROFL! Technically, no. But in Texas and Scandanavaian dialects, yes it is 2 syllables.
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>I can't understand how you say pile with one syllable.
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>Hmmm, anyone into phonetics? What is the "1" with the line over the top of it? Its used in the dictionary link below, but I can't find an explanation of it through google
>http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=compile