What is the "correct" pronunciation of the word "docile"?

I'm American and pronounce it DOSS-il, but I prefer to hear it pronounced DOE-sile just because it is indeed the British pronunciation. It has been adopted, however, by many pretentious Anglophiles in this country, and completely accepted by many unpretentious Anglophiles. We think that you sound more intelligent and elegant if you can speak with a British accent, which is why British receptionists are preferred by all. Just the British accent gives your establishment an automatic stamp of superiority. So pronounce it any which way you want to, and you will be understood to mean "docile" except by the thousands of people who have somehow managed not to learn that vocabulary word at all.

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What is the "correct" pronunciation of the word "docile"?

I heard that the pronunciation that I normally would use (which is why I don't use this word) is only used in BRE (British English. Doe sail is how I pronounce it. the sai is supposed to rhyme with high.) That the one the Americans use is "Dassill." Would I be understood if I said...

Clearly, nobody seems to really know. I liken it to mobile. In the south, people say Mo-bile, in other parts Mo-bil. Personally, I prefer dos-ill like the guy above with all the thumbs down, but nobody who knows what the word means is likely to call you on it, because they don't know either. The should just be happy that you aren't using seven different words (and wasting their time) to explain something that can be done with this one word. The English, I know, go with Do-sile. Anything is better than, "The cat is...you know...pretty tame and uh...easy to get along with, and...uh, she don't freak out or nothing when you pet her." "You mean she's docile?" "Uh, I guess."

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Pronunciation: \ˈdä-səl also -ˌsī(-ə)l, especially British ˈdō-ˌsī(-ə)l\

I'm Canadian, occupying a sometimes uncomfortable area between American and British English. I pronounce it DOE-sile [slight accent on the first syllable] and it never occurred to me to adapt it for American consumption. Many of them do, indeed, pronounce it doss-ull but I think they recognize that DOE-sile is the same word.

Doh-sile. http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=docile&submi...

Yeah, you're fine with that pronunciation in America. In fact, a lot of us would wonder if we were saying it right ourselves when we heard you say it your way.

say dos(make the O long and sound kind of like an A) and ile (like "isle 10 in the grocery store")

Never heard it pronounced "doe sail" before. I'm American and I used both "dassil" and "da-sail".