QUOTE(Taomeow @ Feb 19 2008, 12:59 AM)

You're probably right. I was following the way my cat says it, with a diphthong, in one syllable. But she speaks English with two accents, Spanish and Russian, so maybe she's not the biggest authority.
I have more trust in cats than people when it comes to cat talk.
Maybe both ways are correct depending on the topic of conversation
I have had cats and sometimes it was a drawn out me- ooww
at other times a short mow