How many syllables in the word Wales (as in country)?

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I am sure it is 1, and I have money on this, so I hope I'm right!

If you say it in a Welsh accent it sort of becomes two syllables (way-als). But I'd say 1

way-ale-su

Just one.

way-ale-su

kingofcosmos231

Just one.

I say it as Way-uls so two for me :?

I say it as Way-uls so two for me :?

tofu-lion91

Absolutely One.

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I say it as Way-uls so two for me :?

Neon-Tiger

There are seven...

"Wa-hal-ale-ale-ale-sss-zuh."

Seven.

If the Welsh pronounce it as 2, then surely that would have to be the technically correct version.Gallion-Beast

I'm British, we pronounce it "way-als".

How do you pronounce it as one? "Wells"? "Wals"? "Wuls"? "Wills"?

I'm British, we pronounce it "way-als".

BeepBoop16

Your mouth only opens once to say say it, so One.

You can hear the standard American English pronunciation on this pagexaos

Sounds like "way-als".

[QUOTE="Deihjan"]If you say Wales in the welsh language... I would say it would be, approxemately over 9000 syllables...Funky_Llama

If you say Wales in the welsh language... I would say it would be, approxemately over 9000 syllables...Deihjan

[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"][QUOTE="Deihjan"]If you say Wales in the welsh language... I would say it would be, approxemately over 9000 syllables...Deihjan

Hee hee hee >_>

Hee hee hee >_>

Funky_Llama

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Hee hee hee >_>

Deihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]

Hee hee hee >_>

xaos

Wales = "Wails"... phonetically :P so one syllable. I can't prove it with a youtube clip of a person from Wales pronouncing it though.Hungry_bunny

[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]Wales = "Wails"... phonetically :P so one syllable. I can't prove it with a youtube clip of a person from Wales pronouncing it though.Deihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]Wales = "Wails"... phonetically :P so one syllable. I can't prove it with a youtube clip of a person from Wales pronouncing it though.Hungry_bunny

[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]Porky the pig has a small stuttering problem, just because he SOMETIMES pronounced the word "damn" as "dudamn"... it doesn't mean that the word has two syllables. :PSajedene

[QUOTE="Sajedene"][QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]Porky the pig has a small stuttering problem, just because he SOMETIMES pronounced the word "damn" as "dudamn"... it doesn't mean that the word has two syllables. :PHungry_bunny

[QUOTE="Sajedene"][QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]Ehm, I just found out that the Welsh call their country Cymru, so if they're speaking Welsh then they probably wouldn't even use the word "Wales". If the word "Wales" is an English word then we should listen to the English people pronouncing it, right? And all this info was taken from the wiki of Wales so it's at least 80% reliable :PDeihjan

Oh that is how it is properly pronounced (brihsbahn) -- they will correct you -as one of my colleagues had to learn when he was on the phone with someone from there.

Definitely one. What an easy way to make money, who's the doofus who bet it was two? This reminds me of the time my father made a bet with me that it was Bugs Bunny who said 'that's all folks' at the end of Looney Tunes shorts. I don't know why you would bet against a 10 year old who does nothing but watch cartoons all day. Good times.

Definitely one. What an easy way to make money, who's the doofus who bet it was two? This reminds me of the time my father made a bet with me that it was Bugs Bunny who said 'that's all folks' at the end of Looney Tunes shorts. I don't know why you would bet against a 10 year old who does nothing but watch cartoons all day. Good times.

Taegukki

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Sajedene"] But tofu is Welsh and in she says its two ... :\ -- and on that note -- as I mentioned -- what about Brisbane (pronounced Brisbon) or Versailles (pronounced Versai/Versay) -- if we had our way of pronouncing these places it would be different as well, no? Sajedene

Oh that is how it is properly pronounced (brihsbahn) -- they will correct you -as one of my colleagues had to learn when he was on the phone with someone from there.

[QUOTE="Taegukki"]

Definitely one. What an easy way to make money, who's the doofus who bet it was two? This reminds me of the time my father made a bet with me that it was Bugs Bunny who said 'that's all folks' at the end of Looney Tunes shorts. I don't know why you would bet against a 10 year old who does nothing but watch cartoons all day. Good times.

Sajedene

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[QUOTE="Deihjan"] I've never heard Brisbane pronounced Brisbon :o And I knew how versailles's pronounced, but that's only because it's french :lol:Taegukki

Oh that is how it is properly pronounced (brihsbahn) -- they will correct you -as one of my colleagues had to learn when he was on the phone with someone from there.