Heard on [adult swim]: "clique" > [klik]

Fri May 22 02:06:41 UTC 2009

Isn't that "heek"?

Herb

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> wrote:

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> I'm not sure where my "cleek" pronunciation came from -- possibly my
> parents -- but the "click" pronunciation struck me as hick, when I was
> a kid.
> I'm a few years older than Wilson, but click reigned in my highschools
> NE, IL & WN), too.
> AM
>>

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