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Baitball Blogger

(52,719 posts) Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:40 PM Mar 2018

When you pronounce "debacle" does it rhyme with

Tobacco or barnacle?

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When you pronounce "debacle" does it rhyme with (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Mar 2018 OP

it rhymes with republican pangaia Mar 2018 #1

Correct pronunciation jayschool2013 Mar 2018 #2

Gonococcal sl8 Mar 2018 #3

There was a young sir from Maroccal dhol82 Mar 2018 #8

And a worthy attempt, indeed. n/t sl8 Mar 2018 #19

! Kali Mar 2018 #24

"debOCKle" GreenEyedLefty Mar 2018 #4

Neither jberryhill Mar 2018 #5

How can you be sure that I'm not mispronouncing barnacle or Tobacco? Baitball Blogger Mar 2018 #13

+1. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #22

here is a site for audio pronunciation Motley13 Mar 2018 #6

This is a much more amusing approach. Baitball Blogger Mar 2018 #12

Tackle underpants Mar 2018 #7

Wrong SCantiGOP Mar 2018 #9

I can still talk with my pants on you know underpants Mar 2018 #11

Not HERE, you can't! This is the "NoPants" Lounge! lastlib Mar 2018 #20

Okay underpants Mar 2018 #21

dee-bock-uhl left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #10

Dee bAWK el Shrike47 Mar 2018 #14

You're all wrong. TwistOneUp Mar 2018 #15

When I first encountered the word, I thought it was 'DEB'-uh-cull'. Aristus Mar 2018 #16

I don't. n/t malthaussen Mar 2018 #17

It rhymes with "spackle" NotASurfer Mar 2018 #18

Ive had it show up in the same sentence as spackle jberryhill Mar 2018 #23

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

1. it rhymes with republican

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:42 PM

Mar 2018

jayschool2013

(2,611 posts)

2. Correct pronunciation

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:44 PM

Mar 2018

Phonetically:

trəmp wīt hau̇s

sl8

(17,147 posts)

3. Gonococcal

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:48 PM

Mar 2018

The limerick practically writes itself.

dhol82

(9,658 posts)

8. There was a young sir from Maroccal

Reply to sl8 (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:07 PM

Mar 2018

Who found himself sadly gonococcal
He went for a try
That went sadly awry
And ended up with a debacle

Well, it’s an attempt.

sl8

(17,147 posts)

19. And a worthy attempt, indeed. n/t

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 01:33 PM

Mar 2018

Kali

(56,898 posts)

24. !

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 5, 2018, 02:20 AM

Mar 2018

GreenEyedLefty

(2,120 posts)

4. "debOCKle"

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:49 PM

Mar 2018

The other responses ^^ are pretty good though.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

5. Neither

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:49 PM

Mar 2018

duh-BAH-kul

Baitball Blogger

(52,719 posts)

13. How can you be sure that I'm not mispronouncing barnacle or Tobacco?

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:29 PM

Mar 2018

tblue37

(68,449 posts)

22. +1. nt

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 05:49 PM

Mar 2018

Motley13

(3,867 posts)

6. here is a site for audio pronunciation

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:04 PM

Mar 2018

https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-audio-pronunciations

Baitball Blogger

(52,719 posts)

12. This is a much more amusing approach.

Reply to Motley13 (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:29 PM

Mar 2018

underpants

(197,179 posts)

7. Tackle

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:06 PM

Mar 2018

SCantiGOP

(14,758 posts)

9. Wrong

Reply to underpants (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:11 PM

Mar 2018

You have to put your pants back on for an hour.

underpants

(197,179 posts)

11. I can still talk with my pants on you know

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:12 PM

Mar 2018

Anyway I have pants on. I'm in a staff meeting

lastlib

(28,609 posts)

20. Not HERE, you can't! This is the "NoPants" Lounge!

Reply to underpants (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 04:31 PM

Mar 2018

underpants

(197,179 posts)

21. Okay

Reply to lastlib (Reply #20)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 04:48 PM

Mar 2018

but don't give me any grief about misspellings

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

10. dee-bock-uhl

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:11 PM

Mar 2018

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

14. Dee bAWK el

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:41 PM

Mar 2018

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)

15. You're all wrong.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 03:37 PM

Mar 2018

Orange. lol

Aristus

(72,523 posts)

16. When I first encountered the word, I thought it was 'DEB'-uh-cull'.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 04:57 PM

Mar 2018

Then I learned that it was 'Day-BOCK'-ull'.

I like the first way better...

malthaussen

(18,629 posts)

17. I don't. n/t

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 11:23 AM

Mar 2018

NotASurfer

(2,371 posts)

18. It rhymes with "spackle"

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 12:46 PM

Mar 2018

If Dubya says it

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

23. Ive had it show up in the same sentence as spackle

Reply to NotASurfer (Reply #18)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 05:59 PM

Mar 2018

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