"sf" > wrote in message
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> The only person I know of who calls it cawLEEflower is my
> governator. The BIG difference among mere mortals is how to
> pronounce the "au" part. Is it culliflower or calliflower?
> I say culliflower.

American Heritage claims it to be the "aw" sound
as in "paw". Cawl-ih-flower

Again, I'll be checking with Mr. Webster's Big Book
of Lots and Lots of Words later on....;-)

Bob M.