Merry, Marry, Mary
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I'm an Australian and I pronounce all of these the same with an E: sound, as do the people I've been around with. I've always did, dunno why.
Merry, merry and merry, for me. LOL!
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You must not be a real Michigander then... Everyone I know from around here merges all three of those to sound like how she says "Mary" in the video.
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In the southeastern U.S. all three words are historically pronounced differently as well. Thanks for uploading this:)
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i have a lot of trouble distinguishing these 3 words i was not aware until recently they could be said differently lol
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They r soo different though!
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Interesting. I pronounce all three of those words the same and they sound quite similar to the way you say "Mary".
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Could you do this demonstration again, empasizing the differences more so? They still sound the same to me.
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Nope. All pronounced like "Merry" to me.
I'll see what I can do about a new video. But for now I'll try to explain what differences to listen for:
Merry: listen for the 'eh' sound. It sounds like 'meh-ree'.
Marry: has a hard 'a' sound. Like in apple.
Mary: listen for the 'air' sound.
aderyn08 3 years ago