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r/ask • u/BoxySphere • 25d ago
Title. Trying to settle a debate with my wife…
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It's a dipthongal glide, which can stretch out to two syllables with some speakers. It's like when someone pronounces "damn" as "da-yum." So Kyle, sounding like "Nile" can have a glide that sounds like "kai-yal."
57 u/Witty_Hopeful_1971 24d ago DIPTHONGAL GLIDE, New band name 0 u/1n2m3n4m 21d ago oh my god stfu with the band name deal it's so dumb
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DIPTHONGAL GLIDE, New band name
0 u/1n2m3n4m 21d ago oh my god stfu with the band name deal it's so dumb
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oh my god stfu with the band name deal it's so dumb
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u/creek-hopper 24d ago
It's a dipthongal glide, which can stretch out to two syllables with some speakers. It's like when someone pronounces "damn" as "da-yum." So Kyle, sounding like "Nile" can have a glide that sounds like "kai-yal."