Is it like d-oy-lee?

0 Yes - perfect pronunciation!0-

0 Thank you, Feebs. 0-

0The hyphens make it seem like it is being shown to have three syllables. Yet 01b00d02b00 alone can't make a syllable, unless it's pronounced as when we say the name of the letter D. Consequently, I still don't understand the answer.02br
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00So is it dee-oil-lee or doy-lee? Three or two syllables?02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10The hyphens make it seem like it is being shown to have three syllables. 11b11u10Yet d alone can't make a syllable, unless it's pronounced as when we say the name of the letter D12u10.12b10 Consequently, I still don't understand the answer.12br
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10So is

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01cite10Jackson661212cite11b10Yet d alone can't make a syllable12b12br
10Why can't it make a syllable by itself?12blockquote

10 It has no vowel.01blockquote

01cite10Jackson661212cite10Of course, you will pronounce it as you pronounce the letter D.

0 Hi Jim,02br
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00Sorry, I forgot that a syllable has to contain at least one vowel.02br
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00You are also correct about the sound of the ''d''. I referred to different pronunciation tables and all the tables had that the consonant ''d'' would be pronounced as in 01i00card02i00 or 01i00day02i00. But I stil

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01cite10Jackson661212cite10My intended pronunciation was dee-oil-lee with three syllables. Was I correct?12blockquote

10I don't know. That's why I, too, am waiting for Feebs to answer. 05002br
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0 No - I had not picked up on that. 02br
00Ignore the apostrophe in D'Oyly. It is pronounced as "doy - lee". 0-

0 Thanks!02br
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10 No - I had not picked up on that.12blockquote

10I believe that means: I had not noticed that. Correct?02br
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00Would there have been any difference in meaning if it were: I didn't notice that Or I didn't pick up on that? 0-