Mechl!

[STS-41B]

DFW controllers: the debate must be settled!!
how is MECHL pronounced?? Is it mekkil? Michelle? .. mEEkel??

 

[web265]

it's pronounced mike-echo-charlie-hotel-lima

"Exit, stage right..."

 

[STS-41B]

no one ??!

 

[cmac88]

I'm center but don't know it, what is it on? I'd say mekkil though

 

[sorrygottarunway]

I'm from deep Queens NY so I'd go "mechhhhl" like "challah" and "l'chaim"

 

[Minuteman]

Like many RNAV point, there is an etymology or theme. In this case, it is located very close to the MEdical City Lewisville heliport.

Not to start a "gif"/"gif" debate, I would pronounce it like "meh-kl"

 

[luke3]

Just like the age old dilemma going into TEB, is it pronounced Wilkes-Barr or Wilkes-Barry?

 

[NovemberEcho]

Just like the age old dilemma going into TEB, is it pronounced Wilkes-Barr or Wilkes-Barry?

it’s “bear”

 

[greg1016]

Just like the age old dilemma going into TEB, is it pronounced Wilkes-Barr or Wilkes-Barry?

As someone who grew up in eastern PA, I can assure you it is wooks-barra

 

[BobDDuck]

Like many RNAV point, there is an etymology or theme. In this case, it is located very close to the MEdical City Lewisville heliport.

Not to start a "gif"/"gif" debate, I would pronounce it like "meh-kl"

Wouldn't that be "meh-CIL"?

 

[Autothrust Blue]

it's pronounced mike-echo-charlie-hotel-lima

"Exit, stage right..."

“Southernjets 2164 proceed direct GEEHH.”
”Direct Gay—Direct Gee—Direct GOLF ECHO ECHO HOTEL HOTEL Southernjets 2164.”

(true story)