Is it like d-oy-lee?

How to pronounce ''D'Oyly'' in D'Oyly Carte?

Is it like d-oy-lee?

Thank you, Feebs.

CalifJim

The hyphens make it seem like it is being shown to have three syllables.  Yet d 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.

So is it dee-oil-lee or doy-lee?  Three or two syllables?

Yet d alone can't make a syllable
Why can't it make a syllable by itself?

...unless it's pronounced as when we say the name of the letter D
Of course, you will pronounce it as you pronounce the letter D. What other way is there to pronounce it otherwise?

In my suggested pronunciation I intended to use three syllables.

Best wishes, Jackson

Hi Jim,

Sorry, I forgot that a syllable has to contain at least one vowel.

You 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 card or day. But I still have some confusion about this. These are the pronunciation rules which make it forbidden to pronounce the d as the letter d. But I wasn't following those rules when I presented the pronunciation for D'oyly. If you asked me how to pronounce sheep I would say she-p, p as the ending p in cheep or peep. I would not care about those tables. What do you say on this?

My intended pronunciation was dee-oil-lee with three syllables. Was I correct?

I don't think Feebs knew that.

Best wishes, Jackson

 No - I had not picked up on that. 

Ignore the apostrophe in D'Oyly. It is pronounced as "doy - lee".