Quote of the Day

"Milk?! A biscuit dipped in milk? Who does that?"

"Apparently Americans do."

"Well, let them. I won't be doing it anytime soon."

- May Woodward, London office worker, being introduced to the Oreo cookie by reporter Brendan O'Neill.

Question on German pronunciation

So, "Ich dien." Would that be "DEHN," "DEE-ehn," "DAIN" or something else?

(Apparently, "dien" corresponds to no actual German word; it's either a medieval dialect or else just an abbreviation of the word for "serve.")