In the US, in general, a "mall" is indoors. A mall consists of common, wide, indoor areas for traveling between stores. Most stores are only accessible from the inside of the mall.
A "shopping center" is one or more buildings that contain stores and restaurants that share a common parking area. To walk from one store to another, you must go outside.
Most shoppers like the word, and its popularity is spreading rapidly.
How could you? I am appalled. I pronounce it in the same way as /'ti:dɔ:l/ does.I rhyme it with pal.
I rhyme it with pal.
Rover
I rhyme it with pal.
Rover
No, he isn't, LPD reports that there is about a 50/50 split between the two pronunciations. The younger the speakers, the more likely they are to say /mɔːl/.The older the speakers (and Rover is one of the few people in the world older than I) the more likely they are to say /mæl/.You're joking, right?