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The lilac's are in full bloom in my backyard, and they gave such a powerful aroma - the kind with a million memories attached.
Does anyone else pronounce it "lie-lock" - vs - "lie-lack"?
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"Lie-lick". Zild flattens vowels, I tell you! 
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Just wanted to concur with your "lie-lick" as an excuse to congratulate you belatedly on becoming a veteran. And then there were three (again).
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just to throw a monkey in the ointment, i say Lie-Luck.
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Max says Just wanted to concur with your "lie-lick" as an excuse to congratulate you belatedly on becoming a veteran. And then there were three (again).You know, I hadn't noticed the number of posts I've accumulated for some time ... thank you! How many is it until whatever the next level is? 
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Onward and Upward (unlike the Hurricanes!) to Pooh-Bah, at 1600.
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Oh, so the Chiefs won, did they? Bloody yappies. Damn. Bring back Umaga, concussed or not, I say!
1600? Ah well, I'll forget about it again, then, like I did last time!
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Ah, lilacs! With just a bit of an "ah" sound in second syllable. Like the French for lake - "lac". My dictionary gives three ways of pronouncing it.When I was in Massachusetts, I had the misfortune of buying some by mail that were infected with a fungus, and wiping out all of the others.
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Good old schwa on the second syllable, here.
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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)
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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.
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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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