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

[Jonathan Cast]

On 29 May 2008, at 10:44 AM, Dan Piponi wrote:

> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Richard A. O'Keefe  
> <ok at cs.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>> I've always pronounced it k'BAHL, but was surprised to find that
>> the OED only countenances a short second syllable:
>
> The reason I originally asked is that American, British and other
> dialects of English handle French loanwords differently.

It's not French: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal

jcc