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Ah, I can see how being from the NE could account for that, but that's certainly not typical.
I can vouch for the fact that southerners of every social class pronounce it with two syllables, not three. Like this.
I also quickly checked on YouTube, and all the videos I saw for US pronunciation also use two.
Poor Wednesday, yet another unexpected casualty of the pronunciation wars.
Edit: that link even says it "Wensday" so I'm still at a loss for who is saying "Wendsday" haha, can't decide if I care enough to take this to UKCasual or not. Eh...who am I kidding I'm way too lazy for that.
Ah, I get what you mean now. I saw "wendsday" and read it as two syllables, basically the same as "wensday".
I think OP may have been going for a brief s sound between the two syllables - "wend-s-day", which could be three syllables if you take your time with it 😄
I think I get why you're confused because "wendsday" could be just another way to spell "wensday".
I think OP was going for a slight pause between the two syllables, like "wend-s-day", or something like that, which could be three syllables if you really take your time with it 😄