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

[QUOTE="Taegukki"][QUOTE="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.

Deihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Taegukki"] Australians and New Zealanders both have similar accents, and we pronounce it Bris-binn (like a rubbish bin). By the way, while we're talking about pronouncing the name of foreign lands the way the locals do, why not do it for all countries? For example, China = Zhong Guo, South Korea = Hanguk, Japan = Nihon etc etc. Oh wait, that would be too hard for most people. That's why we have the english versions :PTaegukki

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]

[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.

[QUOTE="Taegukki"]

[QUOTE="Deihjan"] Japan can also be Nippon.. :DDeihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Taegukki"] Indeed. It's too much trouble to pronounce every country the way they're supposed to be, plus not every language would bother. Why should we?

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

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Taegukki"] Indeed. It's too much trouble to pronounce every country the way they're supposed to be, plus not every language would bother. Why should we?

Sajedene

[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? Hungry_bunny

I'm going to plump for 1, although the Welsh almost pronounce it as 2.

[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"][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

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 :PHungry_bunny

[QUOTE="Sajedene"][QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]Following what's been written in all posts in this thread... I guess it's acceptable to say it's two syllables if you have parents who are Welsh. If you don't have parents who are Welsh, then you have no excuse so Will952 wins the bet.Hungry_bunny

[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 :PNinja-Hippo

[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 :PSajedene

Yeh my I.T teacher was from Swansea and she pronounced it Way-als lol :) And most people from Wales speak English 90% of the time so they'd call it Wales rather than Cymru

1 syllable id say

here is a good one, Saint Tropez. I always used to think it was spelt Santra Pe (Pay) until i actually decided to find it on a map. I felt like an idiot afterwards

[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 :PNinja-Hippo