Tyson doesn't like words such as feminist. Despite considering himself a feminist, Tyson refuses to use the word and instead says that he believes in equal rights. He doesn't dislike the word feminist because it's a "dirty word" or any form of similar prejudice, he dislikes the word feminist because it's uncomfortable to say.
Feminist annoys Tyson because it has three syllables - fem-i-nist - but it only sounds like two and a half syllables, in English at least.
There are many words that Tyson tries to avoid using as much as possible and really dislikes because they have 'half-syllables', but that's the one that sticks in his mind the most as he feels bad for disliking the words feminist when there is already so much false stigma around the word.
The way Tyson deals with 'half-syllables' is trying to combine them in sentences, so that the halfs 'add up' to a whole syllable. It doesn't bother Tyson in other people's speech and it doesn't make him overly uncomfortable to use 'half-syllables' in his own sentences nor does it weigh in his mind, but he finds it soothing and prefers sentences that either lack 'half-syllables' or add them together.
Feminist annoys Tyson because it has three syllables - fem-i-nist - but it only sounds like two and a half syllables, in English at least.
There are many words that Tyson tries to avoid using as much as possible and really dislikes because they have 'half-syllables', but that's the one that sticks in his mind the most as he feels bad for disliking the words feminist when there is already so much false stigma around the word.
The way Tyson deals with 'half-syllables' is trying to combine them in sentences, so that the halfs 'add up' to a whole syllable. It doesn't bother Tyson in other people's speech and it doesn't make him overly uncomfortable to use 'half-syllables' in his own sentences nor does it weigh in his mind, but he finds it soothing and prefers sentences that either lack 'half-syllables' or add them together.
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