fire

(it's one syllable)

[@k2thaizzale]

i hate this

[@xpantherx]

me too

[@mommilph]

At certain points, one can witness Dan devolving into Waluigi.

[@selbie]

Dan is the unholy union of Wario and Waluigi. It's no wonder he can't roll his Rs :P

[@wisdumcube]

It's an evolution, not a devolution. He is ascending to a higher plane, a truer understanding.

[@tamriilin]

he's already there

[@BboyMrMaestro]

Jeff sneaking in an Outkast reference. That's that dude.

[@xkkz]

The best part is Dan's proud gasp at the very end, like a little kid who just can't believe the thing he did.

[@dalemark45]

For the record, the word "Fire" includes a diphthong, which is functionally a half syllable. So everyone is wrong. It's neither 1 or 2, it's 1.5. I know because people have also tried to argue my name (Dale) is one syllable in spite of having two seperate sounds (Day-ul). That "ul" is the diphthong. Just like fy-ur, the "ur" is a diphthong.

[@Theopticals]

Gaming journalism in a nutshell.

[@trx131]

Jeff has excellent patience, he would be a great father. Dan, please don't procreate.

[@kingofburgerz]

Put your hands in the Ay-er Say O-yay-er

[@TheGreyHound69]

Fire boylt

[@aarniometsa]

FUCK YOU BOYLE

[@ndonegan1558]

My son’s name is also Fire Boylt.

[@a92lovin]

Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire

[@BigDaddySeany]

Onto the next phase of gb, but we will always have these dumb memories ❤️

[@kekon3]

Enough voice samples to redub an RPG spell

[@TheJazzDalek]

Oh god, he's gone full Rykert...

[@PeterTeal77]

Everyone knows you never go full Ryckert

[@Mrster]

This is the point where Jeff went from qualified cool uncle to legit parent material.

[@zeemod1556]

Fie-yur

[@PatrickHelyer]

I can't believe I agree with dan about something.

[@amrit6252]

I disagree with Dan about a lot of things, but he's god damn right! Fire is 2 syllables! :O

[@DestroyedArkana]

Yep, it definitely is 2 syllables unless you're from the deep south or something. He was getting pretty close with rolling his R's too.

[@DHREAVER]

Nope. UK here, and it is for sure 1 syllable. It's pronunciation is (aside from the first letter) identical to higher and liar which are both two syllables. It's pronunciation is also identical to ire pyre, tyre and hire all of which have 1 syllable. The pattern here is in the structure of the word. Higher is two syllables because high is a word. High-er. Hire is one syllable because hi is not a related word. It is unfortunately a synonym of hello which confuses things slightly but the point is there isn't a root of the words hire, ire, fire, tyre, pyre, etc. , they are the root. For some reason I don't fully understand this makes them only one syllable.

[@LukenszMk]

Foreigner here, never heard anyone even attempt to pronounce those words with one syllable. Just because higher includes another word and hire doesn't, doesn't mean that one is 2 syllables and the other is 1. They're not synonyms but homonyms, which means they have the same pronouncation - but different meanings. So one can't be 1 syllable and the other 2. A syllable is a separate sound. 'Hai-er', is what I would pronounce either, and that makes it 2. If you tried to say it with 1 syllable it'd become hair, which is completely different.

[@DHREAVER]

Feel free to google it (ignore the first result about their use in haikus) It is interesting that hire and higher are considered homophones even though they have different syllable counts, but that is just the way it is. English is fucked up, don't shoot the messenger. Saying you've never heard anyone attempt to pronounce them with one syllable sounds ridiculous to me, See Fuel by Metallica, Ready Aim Fire by Imagine Dragons or Fireball by Pitbull if you would like to hear some people pronounce it with 1 syllable.

[@DHREAVER]

LukenszMk also see Donald Trump or Alan Sugar (for American and UK) saying you're fired, with fired as 1 syllable. Plenty of people are pronouncing it correctly.In fact outside of songs where syllables are split and duplicated, I'm struggling to find anyone who pronounces it with 2.

[@BlaizeV]

The real question is whether the phrase Fire Boy is two or three syllables

[@the-four-seven]

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm with Dan. It's two. (Yes, they say it can be either one or two, but I say it with two different sounds. "Fi-er".)

[@DHREAVER]

It's pronounced the same as higher (2) and hire (1). Pronunciation takes a back seat to word structure here. Fire, pyre, hire, ire, tyre, even shire are all one syllable. Uk here FYI.

[@MoralKombat]

Sometimes I seriously wonder how Dan survived this long.

[@FancyKerbloops]

Sometimes?

[@DozyBinsh]

Well that went off the rails pretty nicely.

[@TheDominitri]

ryckert's gone too far this time.

[@northernspade1727]

Gotta agree with Dan on this one, Fire is two syllables as long as you're pronouncing it correctly, dammit. (Fye-Yur)

[@Buddles]

fire boy

[@MrGeremyTibbles]

fire boylt

[@RandomKid1015]

Jesus christ. That ending kills me everytime.

[@ijcat.online]

This video is a descent into madness.

[@stevenscott1479]

0-100 as soon as Dan opens his mouth

[@haxalarasheresy1705]

Even now, I feel like I am following the innate details of this conversation.

[@dudeglove]

Sneak peek at GOTY 2016 discussions

[@zones6089]

ayurr cayurr oh yayurr

[@qualus]

So Dan finally broke completely?

[@Mekasoundwave]

if you like fish n grits and all that pimp shit, every body lemme here you say 0:37

[@peetabix]

This is my new ringtone.

[@CorporateSeltzer]

These are great. I haven't watched the stream yet, but now I'm going to. Keep up the great work!

[@mrweatherby]

Fire boylt?

[@jumanjithemusical]

Some FIRE-ass Minecraft gameplay footage.

[@peacemaster8117]

There are people who don't believe that Dan Ryckert saved Giant Bomb.

[@sony154]

I'm one of them.

[@sony154]

I for one wants the "slightly" more intelligent humor that GB had before.

[@wisdumcube]

I like both. Ryan is not so easily replaced, and I would definitely take Dan over some of the unenthusiastic content we got in between.

[@MadJackChurchill1312]

Those are people who can't tolerate change. Best ignored.

[@OtherBross]

Lots of fire themed nonsense going on in the Giant Bomb offices lately. Enjoying this new trend, haha.

[@Fuji808]

So here's the crazy thing: They're BOTH right.

[@richroberts7512]

Boy fire

[@Lyrax]

Do you think Boylt is one syllable or two?

[@QuantumManiac]

Are you on CBS Corporation's payroll for content like this?

[@xpantherx]

content like this is probably a good way to get me off the payroll

[@frogwhispers_]

this is the greatest video

[@qwasd0r]

I pay for this

[@Fellturtle]

These two should not be left on their own.

[@evklinken]

English syllables are weird. We have "lettergrepen" in Dutch, which isn't exactly the same, as we have actual syllables as well (which is a linguistic distinction). Lettergrepen are more clearly defined than syllables, which are defined by pronunciation

[@DHREAVER]

Syllables aren't all about pronunciation in English, especially in this case it's more to do with word structure. Higher is 2, hire is 1, despite the fact they're considered homophones.

[@MichZurek]

AlbeRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRreto Del RrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrio!!!

[@Jiemboh]

This is a nightmare.

[@Pokop]

Fire should be two syllables because the vowels [I] and [E] in "fire" are interrupted by the consonant [R]

[@zeemod1556]

You're not wrong but I don't think that's exactly right. You could only make that argument if the 2nd syllable was "reh"

[@coolfish420]

language is alive and constantly evolving and nothing means anything

[@TheMcfearless123]

But 'are' is one syllable

[@Pokop]

I didn't make up the definition of syllable, unfortunately. I'd go phonetic if it were up to me, but people also say words differently. English is a pretty messed up language.

[@TheJamesM]

If this video were a second longer it would have killed me.

[@RedSntDK]

You just revealed the secret of sounding 'murican. Gotta speak the most relaxed English as possible.

[@solomonclass]

Oh Yeayer...

[@skribzy1157]

Goddamit Dan

[@blahmarduk]

fire boylt is four syllables

[@JeremyMedina]

oh now this is good

[@zrobeast]

#TeamFireIsTwoSyllables

[@coolyouification]

THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO. :D

[@christopherrapczynski204]

why does dan have hair? Did he fix his bald spot?

[@Rebcart]

fire

[@MrSeagallo]

Can the rest of your videos this year just have "fire" as the title?

[@OtherBross]

Kid Thunder

[@MagikGimp]

fire this game

[@mhunt300]

What did I just watch.

[@gardamis]

Fire.

[@TheJamesM]

I think, for me at least, the reason why "fire" seems monosyllabic is that exaggerating the vowel change as Dan does in the video sounds very unnatural and not something you'd do in actual speech. Contrast this with its rhyme, "higher": because it derives from the root "high", you can place a consonantal Y in the middle of the vowel change when drawing the word out for emphasis. Most accents would not permit this for "hire", which is otherwise a homophone (though Dan's might, which may fuel some of the disagreement). That said, the fact that there is a vowel change into which a dividing Y can be inserted is certainly a fair argument for seeing it as two syllables. In my accent (not a million miles from RP), the vowel change is reduced to the point of sometimes being completely absent, but that isn't true of all (or even most?) English accents.

[@TheOriginalMyth]

This is a bad thing that has happened.

[@scottgraham6045]

What video is this from?

[@genericHenle]

This is probably one of the whitest things I've ever watched.

[@imposible2beat]

Fire is 2 syllables......Dan was right :(

[@Moosecalibur]

The video that gotham doesn't want, but the video that gotham needs.

[@samuelriebesehl9907]

Man I'm glad I didn't watch this stream live. I would have lost my mind

[@drdreezy42]

fire is one syllable

[@octocoq]

FAHHHR

[@Muppio]

Dan can't actually be this dumb, it's just not possible... I love the guy nontheless though.

[@kdhlkjhdlk]

game?

[@randythetool]

I changed my mind this has to stop.

[@cikame]

I get what Dan is on about, but he's wrong :P.

[@saltykenny5370]

FireWatch?

[@SleinMcAwesome]

What did I just watch?

[@onkkell]

Pessoe

[@SnapImaX]

oh lord the ending (btw It's both depending on pronunciation)

[@psxman4536]

Is Dan disabled?

[@sockbat25]

One should not listen to Dan....ever

[@ivanpalavra3750]

It's two. Stop this nonsense.

[@feilerm]

This is a very bad video.

[@TheJamesM]

Oh god, this is awful. 👍

[@AlexaLily]

fire

[@etiennec9650]

Fire boylt