As you normally hear it said, how many syllables are in temperature?
How many in comfortable?
How many in iron?
How many in mire?
How many in squirrel?
How many in whirl?
Just an informal survey.
Temperature: 3
Comfortable: 4
Iron: 1
Mire: 1
Squirrel: 2
Whirl: 1
In case it matters, born and raised on the west coast.
Redwolf
Temperature: 3
Comfortable: 4
Iron: 2
Mire: 2
Squirrel: 1
Whirl: 1
haiku depends on
counting all those little claps
some clap needlessly
Temperature: 4
Comfortable: 4
Iron: 2
Mire: 1
Squirrel: 2
Whirl: 1
Which may or may not match up with the rules as shown here:
Ru•les were made to be broken. 
OK, then:
Temperature: 1
And if Mariah Carey had her way, then Squirrel would have 16.
As Redwolf. 
3,3,1,1,1,1
This would be normal, casual, conversation, during which I’m not particularly enunciating. (this is how I would speak. I hear others, sometimes, add more syllables.)
Iron and mire come closest to escaping the unisyllabic slur. But they still don’t quite qualify as 2.
background: Mid-Atlantic, but with 2 Virginian parents.
3,4,1,1,1,1
I grew up in Pennsylvania and live in West Virginia. I have to say that even the locals would probably have a dickens of a time understanding each other say “whirl.” That could be “we’ll”, “world,” “where will” “where we’ll” or maybe even some guy named “W. Earl.”
I can’t recall actually hearing a single syllable word when I have been in southwestern Virginia. Is there such a thing? 
How many in comfortable? 3
How many in iron? 1
How many in mire? 1.5
How many in squirrel? 1
How many in whirl? 1
3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1.
Accent is Northside Dublin.
Slan,
D.
Naw. (Or perhaps I should say nay-eee-oh.) I think what I got is Baltimore slurs on a platform of southern pronunciation.
temperature: temperchure - 3
comfortable: comfterbull - 3
iron: eye-ern - 2
mire: my-er - 2 (but almost only 1)
squirrel: skwirl - 1 (but almost 2)
whirl: wurl - 1
3
3
1
1
1
1
What do you mean here?
3,3,2,2,1,1
It’s so exhilerating to finally get that off my chest.
How many in comfortable? - 4
How many in iron? - 2
How many in mire? - 2
How many in squirrel? -2
How many in whirl? -1
temperature- I don’t know
comfortable- I don’t know
iron- Two
mire- Two (same pronunciation, I think, as Meyer)
squirrel- Two
whirl- Two
Here, whirl differs from world in that the former is pronounced “hwurl” and the latter as “wurl.”
I’m with Diane (sbfluter), except my temperature is tem-pra-chure. Background is suburban New York City.
He means that her melismatic singing style can turn any syllable into many multiples.