1) Are Canonn Science allies that missed the original Canonn CG ever going to get the chance to own a Canonn decal?
2) Do you say "dee-cal" or "deckle"?
2) Do you say "dee-cal" or "deckle"?
Decal Questions (of utmost importance, obv)
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Important questions indeed.
1) I don't know. I was oblivious to the whole thing (I've heard of canonn, but not the rest)...
2) I say dee-cal, though i think it's actually pronounced deh-cal (slightly longer ending than deckle implies). Possibly. I just came looking for a distraction, and seem to have found one...
1) I don't know. I was oblivious to the whole thing (I've heard of canonn, but not the rest)...
2) I say dee-cal, though i think it's actually pronounced deh-cal (slightly longer ending than deckle implies). Possibly. I just came looking for a distraction, and seem to have found one...
[edit: explanation of my interest in question 2]
To my knowledge the word 'decal' derives from the French 'décalquer' and the accent on the 'e' suggests the original pronunciation of the first part of that word would be more 'day-cal'.
I grew up on the London/Essex border in the UK and have a classic London/Estuary/Cockney sort of accent and when I was at school and made model aircraft from kits, myself and my friends always called the little transfer graphics they came with 'deckles'.
My girlfriend is American and grew up in the NY/NJ area and she says 'dee-cal' and laughs a lot at me saying 'deckle' (which I still do).
To my knowledge the word 'decal' derives from the French 'décalquer' and the accent on the 'e' suggests the original pronunciation of the first part of that word would be more 'day-cal'.
I grew up on the London/Essex border in the UK and have a classic London/Estuary/Cockney sort of accent and when I was at school and made model aircraft from kits, myself and my friends always called the little transfer graphics they came with 'deckles'.
My girlfriend is American and grew up in the NY/NJ area and she says 'dee-cal' and laughs a lot at me saying 'deckle' (which I still do).
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Its dee caf, as in decaf coffee ...... but it's deck al for decal .... such is the English language 