[Haskell-cafe] So how do people pronounce 'cabal' around here?

[Richard A. O'Keefe]

On 28 May 2008, at 1:04 pm, Dan Piponi wrote:

> In particular, which syllable gets the stress, and what are the
> lengths of the two vowels? Couldn't find anything in the FAQ
> (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Cabal/FAQ).

I've always pronounced it k'BAHL, but was surprised to find that
the OED (http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50030715?
query_type=word&queryword=cabal&first=1&max_to_show=10&
sort_type=alpha&result_place=1&search_id=XrC0- 
le6sHc-11893&hilite=50030715)
only countenances a short second syllable:
(k
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b?l)  [a. F. cabale (16th c. in Littr?), used in all the English senses,
ad. med.L. cab(b)ala (It., Sp., Pg. cabala), CABBALA, q.v. In 17th c.
at first pronounced 
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cabal (whence the abridged CAB n.5); the current
pronunciation was evidently reintroduced from Fr., perh. with sense 5  
or 6.]