His eyes are so beautiful.

That’s a one syllable instance for sure.

It’s mostly just the sounds made if your mouth was full of marbles.

That said, I am very upset about the idea of it being 1 syllable.

According to linguists on Reddit it is both and depends on accent or something.

I like how someone put it: if you sing “you are my sunshine”, does it fit better in the “you” placement or the sunshine placement. For me it’s definitely the sunshine placement.

I think it’s only one if said in a posh British accent, as if the queen was talking to the king. “Chars”

This book is written by a Canadian author.

By the rules of syllables it should be two. According to this poster, rule 1, 4, and 5 both confirm two syllables.

Anyway, this is what is blowing my mind tonight:

I will grant you that.

I have a nephew named Charles the same age as my youngest, and I always loved how somehow my son as a toddler would emphasize the “L” without even knowing how it was spelled. “Char-lez” is how my son pronounced the name.