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OT Cicadas-- They're Baa-aack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28974-2004Mar27.html Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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How is the word "cicada" pronounced? Is it "chick-ada" or "sick-ada"?
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 09:05:08 GMT, yodeled:
How is the word "cicada" pronounced? Is it "chick-ada" or "sick-ada"? Joyce Sick-ay-da. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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... How is the word "cicada" pronounced? Is it "chick-ada" or "sick-ada"? I say see-KAR-dah, but I say that like an Aussie :-) Yowie |
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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". |
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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 Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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Kreisleriana wrote: 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 si ka da |
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:28:43 -0500, Kreisleriana
wrote: 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 Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) Got mu imfo from unabridged Webster. |
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 23:14:01 -0700, m. L. Briggs
yodeled: On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:28:43 -0500, Kreisleriana wrote: 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 Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) Got mu imfo from unabridged Webster. Everybody sing: "You say Si-cay-da, and I say Si-cah-da" Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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