How do YOU pronounce "debacle"?

[trof]

I just heard Amy Goodman say DEB-buckle.
I thought it was de-BACK-uhl.
???

[asthmaticeog]

1. EmPHAsis on the second sylLABle.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. de-Bach-uhl

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. That's how I say it too

:hi:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

8. Clearly, you're saying it the right way.

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. Clearly.

:rofl:

[LaraMN]

15. Yep. That's how I say it.

And EVERYONE knows that Minnesotans pronounce EVERYTHING correctly!:P

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. Well, I think this pronunciation spans various regions.

Or at least Jersey, Washington, and Minnesota.

[lildreamer316]

26. Yep, me too. n/t

[LostinVA]

31. Me too

[petronius]

3. More like yours, but with 'BAUK' rather than 'BACK'...

[tjwmason]

4. deBAHcul n/t

[wildhorses]

9. me too!!

:applause:

[trof]

19. Yeah, that's it. My phoenetics are a bit off.

[deadparrot]

6. Duh-BACH-uhl. nt

[Moochy]

7. duh - Bock ul

or in IPA:

də bɑk əl

[Drum]

11. "Bush Administration"

but when my nose is stuffy it sounds more like "Republican Congress"

:evilgrin:

[terrya]

12. Da-BACH-cle

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. OK now that we got THAT settled

how do you pronounce Basalmic, as in Basalmic vinegar .

It never sounds right when I say it

[trof]

16. bahl-SAHM-ik?

[JitterbugPerfume]

24. sounds funny when I say it

I guess it is just one a those funny words

[trof]

25. Say it 30 times and it will sound like nonsense.

;-)

[datasuspect]

14. what are ya

some kind of fancy pants?

it's pronounced "ass whoopin"

[trof]

17. Well, somebody needs to tell Amy.

[StellaBlue]

18. de-BAHK-uhl

nt

[El Fuego]

20. i-rak'

[trof]

22. EE. EE-RAK

[El Fuego]

23. ee. ee-rock?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

27. It's de-LITE-ful, it's de-LOVE-ly, it's de-BAHK-uhl.

[nytemare]

28. Ask * how he would pronounce it

Then, pronounce it the opposite way.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

29. The original spelling is débâcle

The French accents give a good clue to pronunciation.

[DawgHouse]

30. SNAFU

:)

[jberryhill]

32. "Clusterf*ck" - there.

[reyd reid reed]

33. I don't.

I'm usually too busy saying 'albeit' so I just cut to the chase and say "fuckass."

[WannaBeGrumpy]

34. De BAW Kil.....

or in french De Baw kluh

[Rambis]

35. Colon blow powell used to say N-trep-a -nur

It used to drive me crazy!

[khashka]

36. Sounds more like

de-bockle when I say it.

Khash.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. de-BACK-uhl.

;)