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I was taught that a syllables can be counted by the number of times a person opens their mouths when saying it. Acording to this logick it has 1/2 syllables.
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Try clapping out the syllables for "prism" with its singular vowel. The "m" is sonant, a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable. >

Pri-sm >

Puh-riz-ummmmmmmmm >

Cr-is-ps >

They're grrrr-rrrr-rrrrr-8!!! >

Crisps is one of my favorite words because it sounds like you're trying to get the attention of your friend Chris >

You mean a cat named Chris? >

That's crispsps >

According to a website with "syllablecounter" in the name, it's 1. >

According to the dictionary, it has one.  I will not question that. >

How about strengths, the longest single syllable word in the English language >

In some parts of North America, "squirrel" is pronounced as "skwirl", which means that "squirelled" is slightly longer than "strengths".
In the rest of the world, though, it's two syllables.