My girlfriend pointed out I say "Melk" instead of "MiLK".
Where does this originate from? North, South, Valley, ect...
2007-07-23 08:36:46 · 7 answers · asked by darksunglassesmcgee 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I originate from VA
2007-07-23 12:56:45 · update #1
my roots go back to Ireland on both sides however
2007-07-23 12:57:23 · update #2
It's probably through Dutch into Afrikaans from the Scandinavian languages. From Afrikaans in South Africa it probably spread through the West Indies/ Caribbean, and from the Caribbean into Southern US?
2007-07-23 12:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by bryan_q 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dutch use the word melk for milk.
2007-07-23 16:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by turbo speak engine ver. 12 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine was taking a spanish vocabulary test. It has food items on there like apple juice (juego de manzana) or orange juice (juego de anaranjado). He got to milk and could not remember the word for it (leche). He finally just made up an answer that got his teacher laughing pretty good.
Juego de vaca
Cow Juice
*Disclaimer: I am not an expert in spanish so if my translations are off then oh well. They were good enough to get the idea of my friends experience across.
2007-07-23 15:43:29 · answer #3 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe south? Lots of people say melk instead of milk, worsh instead of wash, and pellow instead of pillow. Kinda annoying, but whatever.
2007-07-23 15:40:06 · answer #4 · answered by Lemonada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in Norway we say melk for milk..
2007-07-23 17:38:06 · answer #5 · answered by bluemoon_239 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't say where you're from. This pronunciation is common in the West Midlands in England.
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2007-07-23 15:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just cultural & there's nothing wrong with that. ... anyway, she knows what you meant. if she's merely pointing it out ... that's ok but if she's doing it to degrade you than that's a different story
2007-07-23 15:46:22 · answer #7 · answered by poetic journey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋