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

On 29 May 2008, at 10:44 AM, Dan Piponi wrote:

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:

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I've always pronounced it k'BAHL, but was surprised to find that the OED only countenances a short second syllable:

The reason I originally asked is that American, British and other dialects of English handle French loanwords differently.

It's not French: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal jcc