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#28419 05/05/01 05:50 PM
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To think I actually giggled when my English professor pronounced it "lie-lock"! I feel so cheap.
Around here it's always "lie-lack," unless you happen to be my English professor.


Apropos of nothing: Lilacs are one of my favorite flowers, not least because they start blooming just before my birthday. (hint,hint)


#28420 05/06/01 04:15 PM
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As soon as your tresses have grown long enough to allow the Prince to effect your rescue, move North to New Hampshire, Rapunzel, where the lilac blooms from mid-to-late-May and we honor it as the Official State Flower.


#28421 05/07/01 10:49 AM
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I'm a "lie-lock" supporter all the way, and I was just thinking about that this morning as I walked to school and noticed the lack of lilacs in St. John's. I recall getting teased by my Saskatchewanian friends about how I said it. Apparently when you cross the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, the pronunciation changes!


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