Re: [Haskell-cafe] So how do people pronounce 'cabal' around here?

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Benjamin L. Russell < dekudekuplex@yahoo.com> wrote:

Actually, according to the definition that you used ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabal), there are the following two pronunciations of "cabal":

1) \kə-ˈbäl\ 2) \kə-ˈbal\

The "a" phoneme of the "ˈbal" syllable of pronunciation 2 is actually defined to be identical to the first syllable "ˈba" of "balance" ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance); viz.:

\ˈba-lən(t)s\

But if you say it that way, you get kicked out of the cabal.