Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

Roger Mills scripsit:

> Never heard [mElk] or [pEllow] in all my born days!!  [marSmElow] is pretty
> standard mid-western.  Maybe effete Easterners say [...m&low]......  There
> is a plant sp. called _mallow_ [m&low], but I doubt it's in common usage.)
I doubt [mdon't think solow] is anything but a spelling pronunciation.
m-w.com, which is usually pretty conservative,
lists /mElow/ as preferred.  Anyway, marshmallows, though these days
made of corn syrup, egg white, and gelatin, were originally made
from the root of the marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis), which
is indeed a mallow.

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