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> Denise~* > wrote in message >. ..
> > I tend to say it with a long "a" like "ahh" and a flat "i", like "eh"
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> I'm with you.
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> Call-a-flower (flat "a"s), sort of.
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> -L.
> (Born and raised in the midwest, transplanted all over the US, currently PNWer)

Same here, but I would call the middle vowel a schwa (rather than an a
or i), as it's an unstressed syllable, the way I say it. I've never
heard anyone say "collie-flower." I'm from Texas, parts of it with no
Southern accent--people usually guess I'm from California. I'm living
in Boston now but maybe it's just a word you don't hear a lot.