“Deck-urabilia” or “Day-core-abilia”? I don’t know the correct way to type out the phonics, but you get the point. Can we get a ruling on this?We certainly can.
Etymologically, the word is a portmanteau, as I explained when starting out.
The title: a word I've coined (at least, I think it's original to me--but one never knows, with memes). You know those chain restaurants--Red Robin, Chili's, Applebee's, whatever--that plaster their walls with fake old-timey posters, photos, and knickknacks? Decorative memorabilia. Decorabilia.As such, it should be pronounced "deh-cor-a-bil-ee-uh," or, as an acceptable variant, "deh-cor-a-bil-yuh."
(As it turns out, the word wasn't original to me, even though I'd never heard of its use before I "invented" it. No attorneys have sent threatening letters, so it's my title and I'll use it in perpetuity.)
Pronounce in peace.
Update: A cousin, who will not be named unless self-identified, sends along these helpful phonetic renderings. (Helpful if you're an amateur linguist.)
ˌdɛkɔrəˈbɪliəThere. No excuses.
ˌdɛkɔrəˈbɪljə
2 comments:
I always wondered about that word. I thought it was some reference to art deco-- that your blog would bring together schools of thought like art deco brought together schools of art. Guess I was wrong. I always pronounced it right however.
This means that I have always pronouned it in the most correct way. Serbo-Croatian language helps...
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