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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Lollieflower? #172773 01/22/2008 3:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky The --pop question in the other thread reminded me of something I've been meaning to ask, here. Although I tend to say lolleepop, I have always said cauliflower as cawl-ih-flower; there is a cook on the Food Network who pronounces it as flower. What do you-all say: ih or ee? (I know it looks odd to have a picture; but the way she says it, I can't help but think collie dog.) Last edited by Jackie; 01/23/2008 3:23 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lollieflower? Jackie #172778 01/22/2008 5:03 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA We had a band in HS called The Melancholy Flower. We pronounced it like the fruit, the dog & the bloom. We played one gig in an Irish bar in the Bronx. After the gig, I don’t remember how we pronounced it. At home in Northern NJ, we called the white cruciferous veggie, the same, minus the fruit. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lollieflower? Jackie #172779 01/22/2008 5:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Heh. I was going to say that I pronounced it the same way you do, but then, that's just not true. I say "cauliflower" the way a Northerner says "cawl-ih-flower". No dogs are involved. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lollieflower? Sparteye #172784 01/22/2008 5:57 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Me, I pronounce it shoe-flur (chou-fleur) HA! Collie - flower in English. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lollieflower? belMarduk #172812 01/23/2008 4:29 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada ih works for me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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