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Default How do you say cauliflower

limey wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message
>> Denise~* wrote:
>>>
>>> I tend to say it with a long "a" like "ahh" and a flat "i", like
>>> "eh"
>>>
>>> But when I hear it said with the "u" pronounced as a 'w' and a short
>>> "i", like "ee"
>>>
>>> cawleeflower
>>>
>>> To me, this sounds very weird & makes me cringe.

>>
>> It's collie-flower, as everyone knows. (smile) I never heard it
>> called anything else.
>>
>> nancy

>
> Collie-flower to me, too.
>
> Dora


Yep, collie-flower

Jill (who can't figure out where the LIBRARY is)