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Aug 22nd 2007, 9:21 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

I always will remember the first time one of our cats caught a Cicada.

He came into the house with one in its mouth. The noise was really wierd but the look on his face was priceless!

Aug 22nd 2007, 9:22 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

Have you ever thought that they might be screaming tree bugs?

Aug 23rd 2007, 3:48 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

I think I live under a stone I have never heard anything screaming from a tree, well only OH when he is playing at being Tarzan and he's chasing his Jane

Aug 23rd 2007, 5:54 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

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Originally Posted by crispygirl

I think I live under a stone I have never heard anything screaming from a tree, well only OH when he is playing at being Tarzan and he's chasing his Jane

Both in the costumes as though being filmed or how Tarzan and Jane would really be .....natural?

Rosemary

Aug 23rd 2007, 6:22 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

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Originally Posted by keithwalters

i just clicked on that third link of yours and that is noooooowhere near loud enough!!

Turn the volume up, they recorded it low cos I told them you hated the noise.
Did you try the recipe, they taste like popcorn when they are deep fried.

Aug 23rd 2007, 7:26 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

OMG they are sooooooo annoying!!!!! Wish they'd just mate and get it over with

Aug 24th 2007, 4:38 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Oddities

Both in the costumes as though being filmed or how Tarzan and Jane would really be .....natural?

Rosemary

Rosemary what do you think....having the kids here is driving me mad as I have to keep my clothes on

Aug 24th 2007, 4:44 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

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Originally Posted by crispygirl

Rosemary what do you think....having the kids here is driving me mad as I have to keep my clothes on

Remembering to put something on to leave the bedroom, no running from room to room in the nude, no skinny dipping. All that discomfort of bra straps etc. All that extra washing.

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Aug 25th 2007, 7:27 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

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Originally Posted by crispygirl

Rosemary what do you think....having the kids here is driving me mad as I have to keep my clothes on

We are in the same position as our daughter is living with us. Sooooo annoying when you have to remember to put clothes on just to pop into the kitchen to put the kettle on in the morning

Aug 25th 2007, 7:49 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

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Originally Posted by mikelincs

they are cicadas, and the noise comes from the abdomen of the male when he is calling for females to mate.. a rather stupid thing as, once he has found a suitable female and mated..... he dies....

Just so I actually sound like I know what I am talking about next time someone asks me what that terrible noise is, how do you pronounce that word?

Sicada?
Kikada?
Chikada?

Or something else?

Aug 25th 2007, 7:56 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

Quote:

Originally Posted by keithwalters

Just so I actually sound like I know what I am talking about next time someone asks me what that terrible noise is, how do you pronounce that word?

Sicada?
Kikada?
Chikada?

Or something else?

#

I think the first one is the nearest pronounciation, though some may disagree

Aug 25th 2007, 8:13 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lionda

OMG they are sooooooo annoying!!!!! Wish they'd just mate and get it over with

Now where have I heard that before!!

Aug 25th 2007, 9:32 pm

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Fred James

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Re: Screaming trees

Chikada is the nearest correct pronunciation.

How would you pronounce Chica or Chico?

Aug 25th 2007, 9:54 pm

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Re: Screaming trees

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Originally Posted by Fred James

Chikada is the nearest correct pronunciation.

How would you pronounce Chica or Chico?

Ok, so we have one vote for Sicada, and one vote for Chickada.

Any more offerings???????

I forgot to add one more suggestion:

Thickada. I guess that's how the Spanish would pronounce it anyway!