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When you pronounce "debacle" does it rhyme with (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2018
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. it rhymes with republican
jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)2. Correct pronunciation
Phonetically:
trəmp wīt hau̇s
sl8
(13,767 posts)3. Gonococcal
The limerick practically writes itself.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)8. There was a young sir from Maroccal
Who found himself sadly gonococcal
He went for a try
That went sadly awry
And ended up with a debacle
Well, its an attempt.
sl8
(13,767 posts)19. And a worthy attempt, indeed. n/t
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)4. "debOCKle"
The other responses ^^ are pretty good though.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)5. Neither
duh-BAH-kul
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)13. How can you be sure that I'm not mispronouncing barnacle or Tobacco?
Motley13
(3,867 posts)6. here is a site for audio pronunciation
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)12. This is a much more amusing approach.
underpants
(182,799 posts)7. Tackle
You have to put your pants back on for an hour.
underpants
(182,799 posts)11. I can still talk with my pants on you know
Anyway I have pants on. I'm in a staff meeting
lastlib
(23,225 posts)20. Not HERE, you can't! This is the "NoPants" Lounge!
but don't give me any grief about misspellings
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)10. dee-bock-uhl
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)14. Dee bAWK el
TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)15. You're all wrong.
Orange. lol
Aristus
(66,339 posts)16. When I first encountered the word, I thought it was 'DEB'-uh-cull'.
Then I learned that it was 'Day-BOCK'-ull'.
I like the first way better...
malthaussen
(17,194 posts)17. I don't. n/t
NotASurfer
(2,150 posts)18. It rhymes with "spackle"
If Dubya says it
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)23. Ive had it show up in the same sentence as spackle