On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Leif Knutsen wrote: #I've run into a couple of Norwegian teachers who insist that steak is #pronounced "steek" in places they've visited in the U.S. Are they correct, #and if so where are these places? I've never heard it. How likely is it that they misheard US [eI] as [i:]? -- Mark A. Mandel