On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 15:39:01 -0700, m. L. Briggs
yodeled:

On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 09:05:08 GMT, wrote:

How is the word "cicada" pronounced? Is it "chick-ada" or "sick-ada"?

Joyce
Sometimes they are called "katydids".


That's a different bug:
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/katydids.htm

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