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Old 01-16-2007, 08:39 AM
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Is it like d-kay-ter? De-Ka-Tour?
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Old 01-16-2007, 11:38 AM
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Is it like d-kay-ter? De-Ka-Tour?
The first one is right, de-kay-der the t actually sounds like a d when you say the word.
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Old 01-18-2007, 05:52 PM
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Is it like d-kay-ter? De-Ka-Tour?
The first one. But I don't know why some people think the "t" is prounced as a "d." Our city was named after Commodore Stephen Decatur.
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Duh-KAY -der
No.
Bet you pronounce Delano park as De-LAY-no. It's Dee-kay-ter. And DE-lah-no, accent on the first syllable. As in Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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