Real post coming soon I swear

[salamanders]

My friend Jenn posted this in her journal and I wanted to extend the question to my friends list

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[jenndolari]

It's pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove."

*falls over laughing*

[salamanders]

And that's not even a proper nose, it's made out of polystyrine!

[courtly]

Canadian here, and I assume you mean the word decal like a sticker.

soft-e. Deh-cal. Accent slightly on the first syllable.

[courtly]

http://m-w.com/dictionary/decal

"Pronunciation: 'dE-"kal, di-'kal; Canad usu 'de-k&l"

There you have it.

[salamanders]

What the heck happened to the last a in Canada? Kinda sad for an online dictionary site *chuckle*

[courtly]

Yeah, that is a strange abbreviation. They use it for Canada everywhere ... (see also "schedule" on m-w.com). For the UK they use "Britain" .. and that's one letter longer than Canada!)