"In English, variations tell you where people come from," says Linguistics professor Charles Boberg. As for the above sentence, most North American English speakers pronounce the words m/ary/erry/arry the same way, save for us Montrealers, who distinguish between "merry" and "marry," and our New York cousins, who differentiate them all, just like the British.
Jennifer, are you saying if we click on boo it will reduce the number of Karma points?
QuoteMerry as in berryMary was in waryMarry as in carry.Of course, if you pronounce all the second words the same way, we're back to square one. Ahhhh!!!!!! I DO pronounce them all the same! These last two days discussions have made me decide that the Northwestern US accent has to be the most boring of all.
Merry as in berryMary was in waryMarry as in carry.Of course, if you pronounce all the second words the same way, we're back to square one.
so all of you pronounce the name "Harry" to rhyme with "hairy"? That's just mean!