The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago"How do you pronounce Mary/merry/marry?"media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down19
arrow-up1152arrow-down1image"How do you pronounce Mary/merry/marry?"media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoCan anyone from Philly or Jersey or Mass. actually explain this with IPA or something? The rest of us are genuinely baffled as to how ya’ll are doing this. Don’t make me post the Pam ‘they’re the same’ meme.
minus-squareSir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoOk so not native speaker but lived in Rhode Island for a long while. Here’s what I hear: ˈmeəɹi, ˈmæɹi, and ˈmɛɹi as in Mary, Marry, and merry. Longish a, short a, short e.
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI’m from NJ and these are all different sounds to me. This short shows the difference: https://youtube.com/shorts/S3EaMZUXQYs
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoMary–marry–merry merger Geoff Lindsey on YouTube might have a video on the topic. He’s great at explaining phonetics of modern English. Lindsey mentions the merger here, but only very briefly.
Can anyone from Philly or Jersey or Mass. actually explain this with IPA or something?
The rest of us are genuinely baffled as to how ya’ll are doing this.
Don’t make me post the Pam ‘they’re the same’ meme.
Ok so not native speaker but lived in Rhode Island for a long while. Here’s what I hear:
ˈmeəɹi, ˈmæɹi, and ˈmɛɹi as in Mary, Marry, and merry. Longish a, short a, short e.
I’m from NJ and these are all different sounds to me. This short shows the difference: https://youtube.com/shorts/S3EaMZUXQYs
Mary–marry–merry merger
Geoff Lindsey on YouTube might have a video on the topic. He’s great at explaining phonetics of modern English.Lindsey mentions the merger here, but only very briefly.