Proper pronunciation of "Malacca"?

[itsrobert]

Having spent time in Greece, the way some commentators are pronouncing "Malacca" has me scratching my head.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Having spent time in English class,

I find myself rather confused about what you're trying to say.

And OK, tell us how to pronounce "Malacca."

[itsrobert]

2. I don't know

But some are pronouncing it the same as 'Malaka'. Which is Greek slang for wanker.

[cthulu2016]

3. Rhymes with Talacca

[FarCenter]

4. How j say

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=malacca&submit=Submit

[panader0]

5. The Dutch ruled Malacca for about 150 years.

When the Japanese threatened the area pre-WWII, many Malaccans fled to Holland.
In the mid eighties a Dutch buddy of mine walked into a bar in Holland and saw Anthonia, a beautiful young Malaccan woman.
He ended up marrying her, and through a strange chain of events, they ended up here in So AZ. Pier was a bricklayer, like myself. We became fast friends. Damn, Anthonia was very pretty, lively, happy. They now have moved, and are grandparents.

[diabeticman]

6. What is it? What does it do?

[itsrobert]

8. this is a potential

crash site of the missing plane.

[diabeticman]

13. A thank you

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. Where in Greece and when?

I lived outside Kifisia, an Athens suburb in 1966 & 67

[itsrobert]

9. I was military

West of Athens near Patras in 1985 and 1989. In Crete in 92/93. Took trips to the bars near the Athens airport often.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. We hosted a few Sailors for Thanksgiving and Christmas, as I recall

Seems to me it was a bit of a tradition, that American Civilians posted overseas would host servicemen and women for holidays, etc.

Perhaps it still is a tradition.

I was 7 and 8 back then. I would love to go back. I even found the house we lived in on Google Earth! It was on a hill and looked down the long valley to downtown. When it was clear, we could see the Acropolis and even a Carrier when there was one at the Port of Pireas.

I trust you enjoyed your time there.

And FWIW, as little kids, there was nothing more titillating than calling someone a "Flakas Malaka"

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. We hung out in Glyfada at a place called Bobby's Bar.

Lots of fun there until locals found out we were from the carrier and then the nuke protests started. Had to be coptered to the AF base after that and spend our liberty time there.

[itsrobert]

15. I have been there numberous times.

I just arrived in the country and was invited to go down there. I decided to stay in my room. The place was bombed that night. Glyfada was off-limits a few times. Being stationed hours away to the west, many of us either ignored that justifying the order didn't applied to us. But probably did.

[quinnox]

11. Not sure, but it reminds me of "Macaca"

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. OED says, for US English:

m m as in mine
ə ə as in another (schwa)
l l as in leap, hill (main stress)
ɑ a as in lot, palm, start (in US English)
k k as in card, park
ə ə as in another (schwa)

Emphasis on the 2nd syllable.