How do you say cauliflower
sf wrote:
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> On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 17:50:50 -0700, Denise~*
> > wrote:
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> > I have grown up my entire life hearing it my way, in the northWEST :-)
>
> Really??? They say Colleeflower up there? I don't believe
> you!
>
> I lived in the midwest and then california for most of my
> life. The ONLY person I can think of who has ever said it
> that way is "Arnie", the governator.
Hehe. I feel like I'm reading alt.usage.english. They love this kind of
thing.
BTW, I more or less schwa out that vowel, something like coll-uh-flower.
Brian Rodenborn
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