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AMartinP | 16:49 Tue 08th Jan 2013 | Crosswords
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Puzzled by 21a: "Audibly equate to a simple plant (6)." *i*h*n. It must be"lichen". Can anybody explain why?
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Sounds like liken
16:49 Tue 08th Jan 2013
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pronounced as if it has a hard "K" in the middle, not "litchen", which is incorrect.
So therefore "liken" (equate) sounds (audibly) as "lichen"
16:51 Tue 08th Jan 2013
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Thank you - I'd always thought it was pronounced "litchen"....which Chambers does show as an alternative pronunciation.
17:06 Tue 08th Jan 2013
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Yes AMP, the pronunciation has changed. When I was a botany student, the prof. balled me out for saying "litchen". That was over 50 years ago! Plus ca change....
17:09 Tue 08th Jan 2013

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