How do you pronounce "decal"...

[King Alfred Academy]

Please settle a dispute in our family. How do you pronounce "decal"?
I say it with a short "e" and dh says it with a long "e".
Thanks for your help in this!

[Tammy]

nt

[Mom2jnb]

nt

[DB in NJ]

I've never heard it pronounced any way other than the long e sound. Sorry! LOL

[HomeOnTheRanch]

Long e.

[jubilee]

Long e here.

[Krista in LA]

I'm with the others. Never heard it with anything but a long e.

[Diann]

Short e.

Diann

[Jenny in Atl]

Where would one who says it with a short e be from?

[OhM]

Does the short-e pronounciation have an accent on the second syllable then? (Just trying to work it out - I've only heard it w/long-e, too.)

[King Alfred Academy]

Does the short-e pronounciation have an accent on the second syllable then? (Just trying to work it out - I've only heard it w/long-e, too.)

Nope. I put the accent on the first syllable.
So, I am totally weird then?:confused:

[King Alfred Academy]

Where would one who says it with a short e be from?

I am from Iowa. My dh says I am just used to saying DeKalb (short e) as in DeKalb County. I'm not too sure. Are there any other Iowans out there who say it like me? :o Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

[Krista in LA]

I am originally from Iowa - Cedar Rapids area, and I have never hear any of my family say it anyway but with a long e. Sorry.

[Diann]

Where would one who says it with a short e be from?

I'm from Indiana.

Diann

[Mamagistra]

Oops! I voted wrong! I say "DEE-cal." Or "label." Heh-heh. ;)

[OhM]

Nope. I put the accent on the first syllable.
So, I am totally weird then?

LOL! Probably not totally weird! :p (But you never know!)

[Sara Mac]

Sorry, I'm voting long e too

[nancypants]

This one always gets me laughing as more Canadians say "deckle" (sort of like pickle). I find it so funny. :D

[GreenKitty]

Long e.

[LaMere Academy]

long E here.

[Maria from IN]

Where I'm from, it was DEE-cal, as well as puh-CAHN (pecan) and LOO-ee-ville (Louisville).

Up here in Terre Haute (just 2 hours north, mind you) it's PEE-can and the ever-popular Loo-vuhl. It was almost like learning a new language.

:eek:

[Hillary in KS]

It's long "e."

Unless you're from Canada, and then you'd say it with a short "e."

Put THAt in your touque! :)

[Hillary in KS]

They'd be from Canada. :)