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Old April 2nd 04, 05:09 PM
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Old April 3rd 04, 10:05 AM
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How is the word "cicada" pronounced? Is it "chick-ada" or "sick-ada"?

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Old April 3rd 04, 06:43 PM
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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.


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Old April 3rd 04, 09:59 PM
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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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Old April 3rd 04, 11:39 PM
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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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Old April 4th 04, 12:28 AM
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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
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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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Old April 4th 04, 02:30 AM
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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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Old April 4th 04, 07:14 AM
m. L. Briggs
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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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Old April 4th 04, 08:20 PM
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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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