Not always. Just to be sure, I just checked the "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online" (http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/topbar.html), and it came up with the following pronunciation for "cabal":
\kəˈbæl\ In fact, this was the only pronunciation listed, so the other pronunciation is not listed at all. Here, the "æ" phoneme is identical to the same phoneme in "balance" (http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/display/display.html?unfolded=3542&ids=3542,3543,3549,3544,3545,3546,3547,3548,3551,3679,29605,44549,47636,48407): \ˈbæləns\ If you don't say it that way, you get kicked out of the Longman cabal. Further, I asked two professional translators/interpreters at work, and they both said that either pronunciation was correct. Which cabal did you mean? Benjamin L. Russell --- On Wed, 5/28/08, Clifford Beshers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Clifford Beshers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] So how do people pronounce 'cabal' around here? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 2:30 PM > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Benjamin L. Russell < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, according to the definition that you used ( > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabal), > there are the following > > two pronunciations of "cabal": > > > > 1) \kə-ˈbäl\ > > 2) \kə-ˈbal\ > > > > The "a" phoneme of the "ˈbal" > syllable of pronunciation 2 is actually > > defined to be identical to the first syllable > "ˈba" of "balance" ( > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance); > viz.: > > > > \ˈba-lən(t)s\ > > > But if you say it that way, you get kicked out of the > cabal._______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
