How do you pronounce Samuel?

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helppleaseonnames · 01/12/2016 02:12

I thought it was Sam-yall? (Yall rhymes with ball) of course accents are different, so basically is it 1 or 2 syllables?

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Sptownmama · 01/12/2016 15:30

Sam u el my dp's name

Footle · 01/12/2016 17:02

Just in case you're interested, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge hated his first name exactly because he didn't like the pronunciation being so hard to pin down.

SausageSoda · 01/12/2016 17:11

Sam-yull here

twinjocks · 01/12/2016 17:11

3 syllables - Sam yu wull

Lutrine · 01/12/2016 19:29

Sam yu al

PotteringAlong · 01/12/2016 19:31

My Samuel is a Sam-you-elle

Sophronia · 01/12/2016 19:55

2 syllables. Sam-yull, yull rhyming with pull

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