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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Cicadas #67158 04/24/02 01:57 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Good q wordwind. When very young (in Seeedkneee) I pronounced the middle syllable -cay-. This changed a few years later to -cah- (coz that's what everybody else said). My Mum's from Melbourne and I think the initial "-cay-" pronunciation may have come from her. Wadjoo say? stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted locusts inselpeter 04/24/02 01:21 AM Re: locusts Jackie 04/24/02 12:05 PM Re: locusts of troy 04/24/02 12:41 PM Re: locusts stales 04/24/02 01:19 PM Re: Cicadas Wordwind 04/24/02 01:24 PM Re: Cicadas stales 04/24/02 01:57 PM Re: Cicadas of troy 04/24/02 02:42 PM Re: Cicadas consuelo 04/25/02 10:04 AM Re: Cicadas wow 04/25/02 03:07 PM Teeny tiny praying mantis consuelo 04/26/02 02:53 AM Re: Acrobat?? hev 04/26/02 04:10 AM Re: Acrobat?? maverick 04/26/02 09:34 AM Re: Acrobat?? Faldage 04/26/02 09:49 AM Re: Acrobat?? consuelo 04/26/02 09:49 AM Re: Acrobat?? Keiva 04/26/02 11:12 AM Re: Acrobat?? Jazzoctopus 04/26/02 07:46 PM Re: Acrobat?? consuelo 04/27/02 01:25 AM Re: Acrobat?? Faldage 04/26/02 02:08 PM Adobe TEd Remington 05/03/02 01:50 AM Re: Fireflies Wordwind 04/26/02 08:58 PM Re: Locusts wwh 04/27/02 12:40 AM Re: Locusts wwh 04/27/02 01:46 AM Re: Cicadas Keiva 04/25/02 05:22 PM Re: Cicadas wwh 04/25/02 05:49 PM Re: locusts wwh 04/24/02 01:24 PM Re: locusts TEd Remington 05/03/02 01:47 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 752 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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