Philip Hart wrote: > 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". I'm inferring that "Milch" is the name of a non-dairy creamer. The word reminds me of "mulch".