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What are decals?

dnme · 2013-10-20 21:10:20

I've seen people talk here about decals. Putting the word into google / wikipedia didn't help me much. Can anyone explain to me what decals are, and how do you even pronounce it ? dekals ? or desals ? It's one of those words I musta missed all my life :)

20-10-2013 9:10pm

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I've seen people talk here about decals. Putting the word into google / wikipedia didn't help me much. Can anyone explain to me what decals are, and how do you even pronounce it ? dekals ? or desals ?

It's one of those words I musta missed all my life

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#2 20-10-2013 9:14pm

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de·cal
/ˈdikæl, dɪˈkæl/ Show Spelled [dee-kal, dih-kal] Show IPA noun, verb, de·caled or de·called, de·cal·ing or de·cal·ling.
noun 1. a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
2. the picture or design itself.

a sticker really

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#3 20-10-2013 9:19pm

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I just saw it come up again in this post. Is the author referring to the Saxo wording ?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87093418&postcount=2

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#4 20-10-2013 9:50pm

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Yup, any stickers that are on the car.

Pronounced de-cal.

Im amazed your Google search didnt help; if I Google "decal" I get a wealth of information, including a pretty explanatory Wikipedia page :pac:

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#5 20-10-2013 9:56pm

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djimi wrote: »

Yup, any stickers that are on the car.

Pronounced de-cal.

Im amazed your Google search didnt help; if I Google "decal" I get a wealth of information, including a pretty explanatory Wikipedia page :pac:

Yes I got similar search results. But form reading the word here a few times and imposing my own context and meaning, the results I was getting from google didn't match my expectations.

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#6 21-10-2013 8:30am

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Pronounced deck-al, is French in origin. Just means sticker.

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#7 21-10-2013 10:30am

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I thought it meant "boy-racer", or "chav":D

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#8 21-10-2013 10:53am

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georgefalls wrote: »

I thought it meant "boy-racer", or "chav":D

That'd be more "Decko".

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