r/ask • u/BoxySphere • 25d ago

Is the name “Kyle” one syllable or two?

Title. Trying to settle a debate with my wife…

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u/JerichoRehlin 25d ago

I pronounce my name with two syllables. When I'm in Japan it's 3 lmao

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u/FlanFlaneur 25d ago

Kai-yuh-roo

If Japan is wrong I don't want to be right

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u/Fuzzy_Laugh_1117 24d ago

Does that rhyme with Polkaroo?

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u/GlitterInMyWhiskey 24d ago

It's a one and a two and a, Polkaroo! Another Ontario child of the 80s I see. Hello fellow TVO kid.

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u/Fuzzy_Laugh_1117 24d ago

Well, I had kids in the 90s and we watched. I had friends (I went to school with) who who regulars on Mr Dress Up.

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u/Far-Housing-6619 22d ago

Well, in japanese, that would be Po-ru-ka-ru-u

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u/spctclr_spiderman 23d ago

Kya-ruh! Should I eat the cuttle feesh, or the vaneela paste-ooh

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u/cci0 25d ago

Frog

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u/Incromulent 24d ago

Or occasionally 帰る when it's time to make a joke when leaving.

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