On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Shawn Burns wrote: > Also I say "milk" and she pronounces it closer to "melk". I've joked > that I'm going to market that as a non-dairy product at the grocery > store and she claims I say the word like a kitten would: "Miewlk. > Miewlk." After a year living in Germany I went on a trip to Scotland and ended up getting a coffee at a McDonald's since it was some ungodly hour of the morning. The guy asked me, "You want some maehlhch?" and I thought, What language is that? and finally realized he meant "Milch" hence "milk".