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> >OED gives "milk-cow" as now dialectal but passes "milch cow" without

> >any such comment.

> >

> >Is OED the Overly English Dictionary? WHat do Americans think of

> >"milk-cow" vis-a-vis "milch cow"?

>

> Most Americans would find "milch cow" barely intelligible, if at all.

 

Not only Americans, I might add...

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