How to pronounce decal

[Matty V]

Do you pronounce decal with a short e, a long e, or an accent, as in daycal (which is how I say it). Just curious

[Moppie]

Silly ausie.

Its a short e. with a long al.

dec-al

I think the yanks say decal all short, sort of like speckle with a d.

[Ranger_X]

LOL, I never knew how to pronounce it, so I always just avoided the word.

[tazdev]

depends on whom I am talking to at the time.

[Lownslow]

LOL why did you post this i know them as water stickers:silly2:


On way or another they dont make your models go any faster

[RallyRaider]

This is an international forum so I suspect there is going to be a very wide variation in pronunciation.
Personally I've always said 'dee-cal', so I guess that is a long e.

[GTi-VR6_A3]

it is a long e sound everytime i have heard it dee- cal and according to dictionary.com it is this like i say ithttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=decal

-GTi-VR6_A3

[primera man]

I always say dee-cal....but i'm a kiwi remember

[Focus2000]

Originally posted by Moppie
I think the yanks say decal all short, sort of like speckle with a d.

It's not just the Yanks, here in the UK I've most commonly heard it pronounced like speckle, although occasionally I've heard someone use the long a pronunciation.

[GTi-VR6_A3]

Originally posted by Focus2000

It's not just the Yanks, here in the UK I've most commonly heard it pronounced like speckle, although occasionally I've heard someone use the long a pronunciation.

dude us yanks overe here on this side of the pond say deecal

-GTi-VR6_A3

[Matty V]

Yeah, somebody told me all you yanks say deckle, but I just wanted to check. Very interesting...

[freakray]

Hey...if you want to really confuse the issue....
I am British born, lived in South Africa and now live in America....and I pronounce it dee-cal....can't say I've heard it pronounced any other way either....

Ray

[hybridsol]

Pronunciation: 'dE-"kal

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?decal001.wav=decal

or di-'kal

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?decal002.wav=decal

I'm more like the first one, but I think with a short e and shorter a.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally posted by Moppie

I think the yanks say decal all short, sort of like speckle with a d.

On the contrary, I've never once heard a yank say Dee-cal with a short A. The only time I've heard it pronounced Deck-uhl was by a somewhat inebriated-sounding Brit

But then they say Al-you-min-eeyum, too...

Haven't they ever heard of Al-ooh-min-um?

Oh well, Al-you-min-eeyum does sound more exotic.

Think I'll go have a pint...

Of Budweiser..

[Matty V]

I guess we have to say Al-you-min-eeyum, because it's spelt aluminium, not aluminum