Judy, since you don't bruise easily, I'll take another poke, but this one is really directed to the person who told you to say tree-color. They should have told you to say something like TREH-co-lor: the i in tricolor is a sort i, not the long i which would have given the "tree" sound. I trust you also said WEE-o-la and made at least an attempt at an apico-dental sound for the r and not one of those back-of-the mouth, half-swallowed r sounds? And of course you reminded them that vi-O-la is a musical instrument, didn't you? This is a hoot! Jim McKenney