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Do Daniel and Samuel rhyme?

59 replies

dowotmakesuhappy · 04/12/2017 15:40

Do they rhyme in your accent?

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villainousbroodmare · 04/12/2017 18:29

No. Irish.

drspouse · 04/12/2017 18:29

No because in English the rhyme is from the stressed syllable onwards. The stress is on the a so the n/m stop them rhyming.

BroomstickOfLove · 04/12/2017 18:28

No.

mummyhaschangedhername · 04/12/2017 18:27

Well I would have said no, but having two children named those names I have experienced a lot of times when I have called one and another has appeared. I’m welsh.

QueenOfAccidentalDeathStares · 04/12/2017 18:27

Nope

PringlesSmoothie · 04/12/2017 18:26

Yes in my accent

BikeRunSki · 04/12/2017 18:25

Not quite, but close enough to sound a bit daft for brothers.

Namelesswonder · 04/12/2017 18:22

Yes - I'm Scottish and would say Dan-yul and Sam-yul

VioletCharlotte · 04/12/2017 18:14

Yes - Dan - yul and Sam-yul (south east)

Buglife · 04/12/2017 18:12

I’d say Dan-yul and Sam-you-ul so wouldn’t exactly rhyme to me.

Atticusss · 04/12/2017 18:05

Yes. I worked on a setting where there were two brothers with those names. Alwaus Daniel and Samuel not Danny and Sam. It drove me INSANE. I couldn't figure out why the parents had done it. They were very close in age and looked nearly identical too.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 04/12/2017 18:04

They don't rhyme, but they're very similar, however, Danny and Sam are cool names. 😄

beardymcbeardy · 04/12/2017 17:36

yh pretty much in a scottish accent. dan-yil and sam-yil.

Lillylollylandy · 04/12/2017 17:35

Scottish.

No they don’t rhyme.

ineedamoreadultieradult · 04/12/2017 17:29

I would say Dan-yul and Sam-you-ul
So no I don't think they would rhyme. Very similar though and I don't think they would work as brothers.

Sophronia · 04/12/2017 17:22

Dan-yul and Sam-yul for me.

ferrier · 04/12/2017 17:20

@ImogenHeat It's called schwa.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 04/12/2017 17:08

Almost. Too close for brothers.

BackforGood · 04/12/2017 17:08

A pedant wouldn't say rhyme, I guess, but yes, they sound similar enough that we all know what you mean.

Ohyesiam · 04/12/2017 17:00

Almost

Ontopofthesunset · 04/12/2017 16:50

Not to me. They're Dan-yul and Sam-yu-ul (or Sam-yool). Samuel has another very short syllable but mainly Daniel has a short vowel and Samuel a long one.

Amber0685 · 04/12/2017 16:39

No southern with a bit of Australian accent

YouCantArgueWithStupid · 04/12/2017 16:39

They don't rhyme but they have assonance

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 04/12/2017 16:38

They sounds vey rhymey to me too and Dan and Sam said it quick succession is just tying my tongue up. Grin

ImogenHeat · 04/12/2017 16:37

Yes, Dan-yil, Sam-yil (that kind of vowel at the end that could pass as an I/E/U/whatever as it's not really pronounced if that makes any kind of sense).