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Oct. 1st, 2007 at 5:45 PM

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Because the basis of any happy marriage is who wins, who loses and keeping score. XD =D

Merriam-Webster defines debacle as:

Function: noun
Etymology: French débâcle, from débâcler to clear, from Middle French desbacler, from des- de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bacculare, from Latin baculum staff
1 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river
2 : a violent disruption (as of an army) : ROUT
3 a : a great disaster b : a complete failure : FIASCO

Poll #1064426 Debacle

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 25

How do you pronounce "debacle"?

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4(17.4%)

4(17.4%)

0(0.0%)

5(21.7%)

Other

8(34.8%)

Other?

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Ticky-

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Bag

3(15.8%)

Bucket

12(63.2%)

Bottle

4(21.1%)

( 8 comments — Leave a comment )

xinit

Oct. 2nd, 2007 01:06 am (UTC)

The first one you listed is mostly right... It's just not dE... it's deh...

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kelliem

Oct. 2nd, 2007 03:29 pm (UTC)

I agree with xinit, now that I realize I can listen to all of them. :) (I didn't get that until I read the comments.)

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kvance

Oct. 2nd, 2007 01:41 am (UTC)

I voted for the last one, but for me it's somewhere between that and deh-.

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kittygopounce

Oct. 2nd, 2007 04:30 am (UTC)

I would tell you, if I knew how to read the pronunciations listed =X

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bride

Oct. 2nd, 2007 04:35 am (UTC)

You can click on the link to hear them =)

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kittygopounce

Oct. 2nd, 2007 06:24 am (UTC)

Oh! I didn't realise =X Hehe. Thank you! I will listen and participate now =D

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kittygopounce

Oct. 2nd, 2007 06:39 am (UTC)

Interesting! Not too much difference between the two I checked, which are the versions I've heard around Australia. I don't believe that it's due to any distinction in meanings/application of the word, but rather an effect of accent (East Coast vs South Australian etc) and also simply education. I think it would have been originally dA-'bäk(l&) but over time, drifting from the original French pronunciation and with the mutation/dialectic/slang/lazy pronunciation become dE-'bä-k&l (due to lack of familiarity with pronunciation of accents and vowels in French, and a lack of accents on the word as it is used and recorded in modern English in Australia).

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