"pellow" and "melk"

Rowan McMullin tryxchange at GMAIL.COM
Thu Nov 23 19:35:15 UTC 2006


Absolutely common in the midwest.  In northern Wisconsin (away from the
Chicago influence), the eh for ih switch is pretty prevalent, and usually
patterns with pronouncing "bagel" with an a like the one in "bag".

On 11/23/06, K Reynolds <kreynolds3 at houston.rr.com> wrote:
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> I was born in NW Ohio and lived there for 28 years before moving to =
> Texas in 1984. My wife, from Houston, takes great joy in correcting my =
> pronunciation of the words "pillow" and "milk," which I pronounce with =
> an "e" like that in "mellow." My sister says "melk" also. I'm curious if =
> anyone has any insight on whether this is common to the midwest or just =
> a family thing.
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