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Paddy C 
"Does not compute! Lame!"
Posted - 03/01/2007 :  10:09:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is annoying me: how is the word 'Babel' pronounced?

I'm thinking it's bay-bull (as in Bagel)

But the announcer at the Oscar coverage said bah-bull (as in babble)

Please don't even suggest bah-bell (as in bah bah bah, bah baby-bell)

Straw poll please!!

Paddy C 
"Does not compute! Lame!"
Posted - 03/01/2007 :  10:31:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This link helps.

(but not much!!)
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
Posted - 03/01/2007 :  11:04:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
bah-VEL, actually. But only if you read the Old Testament in the original.
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Chris C 
"Four words, never backwards."
Posted - 03/01/2007 :  20:05:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Baybel, not babble.
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Stalean 
"Back...OMG"
Posted - 03/02/2007 :  02:49:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Babel
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Ali 
"Those aren't pillows."
Posted - 03/02/2007 :  07:15:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

I pronounce it thusly: Wank.
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Downtown 
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
Posted - 03/02/2007 :  14:49:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The 'K' is silent.
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
Posted - 03/02/2007 :  15:08:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

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redPen 
"Because I said so!"
Posted - 03/03/2007 :  06:33:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Oddly enough, "Babel" is Yiddish for "Large tower which causes confusing languages."
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
Posted - 03/04/2007 :  21:58:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
bah-kluh-vah
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