Re the pronunciation of "decade", for a few years now I've thought that I was pronouncing it incorrectly as everybody in the UK media uses "DECKade" with the first syllable emphasized.

But the other week the Kennedy Man on the Moon speech was on a BBC programme. JFK pronounced it "DeCADE".

A belated thank you to Jack for restoring my self confidence. If an upper crust Bawstonian can do it, so can I.