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kyx
26-04-2008, 05:59 PM
I personally think it's pronounced like "cabble".

What about you?

Alcibiades
26-04-2008, 06:01 PM
having shopped around for the right pronunciation, i've found that it is 'ka-bal'... a higher tone than 'ball'

ka as in caffeine. not the heavy inflection of car.

kyx
26-04-2008, 06:03 PM
ka as in car or care (without the r sound)?

and ball as in the thing you bounce?

Gooner-fan-deano
26-04-2008, 06:47 PM
Same as alci

Bunion
26-04-2008, 10:24 PM
It's a short opening syllable followed by a longer closing syllable.

k'-barl is how I'd write it phonetically, but I'll find the official phonetics....

Definition
cabal / k?'bæl / k?'ba:l /
noun [C] DISAPPROVING
a small group of people who plan secretly to take action, especially political action:
He was assassinated by a cabal of aides within his own regime.

Where:
? = above
æ = hat
a: = farm

Maxi
26-04-2008, 11:29 PM
What Bunion said, Ka-bal. Related to Kane's Wrath or C&C with any chance? :P

kyx
27-04-2008, 01:11 AM
its an MMORPG. for horny people like Cheese.