Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

From: "D Tse" <exponent@...>
> << I have a question for you:  is it true that Southern Californians
> lower [I] before /l/ in "milk" (> [mElk])? I've heard tell that
> that's the case, but it was entirely anecdotal, so suspect to
> questioning. (My informant tells me that she was trying to persuade
> a Southern Californian that Southern Californians do, indeed, have
> distinct accents just like every other human being, a fact which
> this Californian was apparently held in doubt.) >>
>
> No, I'm not Southern Californian, but I know an acquaintance who has
> the very annoying speech impediment of pronouncing the word "milk"
> as /mELk/ (with velar l) and "because" as /b@kUz/. I cringe every
> time he says either of them :)
Unrelatedly,
people have a tendency to hear my name [mjuk] as <milk> (presumably via
[mj5=k] < [mi5k]*).  Conversely I often heard a schoolmate's name <Ilko>
pronounced rather like [joko].

But now the song "Milk and Cereal" is stuck in my head.

    *Muke!
* Because I am neurotic I'm using [5] which is X-SAMPA's dark l symbol
instead of [L], which everyone else is using.