Re: 'mispronunciation' of "engelang" (was: Introduction)
| From: | G. van der Vegt <gijsstrider@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 30, 2009, 13:45 |
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2009/3/29 Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>:
> [mElk] is found in parts of Western New York and I think Western Pennsylvania
> and Ohio and maybe further west as well.
Possibly due to Dutch influence, as this is the area around the New
Netherlands, and the Dutch cognate of <milk> (<melk>) usually has [E]
as the vowel. (My own pronounciation would be [mE4k])
Ina van der Vegt
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