hairy, ferry and harry rhyme for me - i grew up in virginia but i
don't have and accent (at least i don't think i do) - i graduated
from NYU so i know about the nyc accent but i still don't hear a
difference in marry, mary and merry - ok, i think it's time i let
this go! thank god i don't know any mary's and i don't want to get
married - now all i have to worry about it merry christmas! oh,
that's right - to be pc it's happy holidays - takes care of merry
then...
> But really...for those for whom Mary, merry, and marry sound the
same, do
> hairy, ferry, and Harry rhyme too? It only occurred to me after I
sent that
> message that my examples might only make sense to someone who
speaks like
> Gene and I do. (We're both Noo Yawkers, BTW.)
>
> -Max
>
> On 10/4/06, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > There is no maah-ree in my world. That's aaahbsurd. If that's
wrong, I
> > don't wanna be right.
> >
> > *"Max H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote:
> >
> > Mayuh-ree, meh-ree, maah-ree.
> >
> > The first one rhymes with hairy (which should tell you that
mayuh is one
> > syllable, but that's the hardest sound to describe), the second
with ferry,
> > the third with Harry.
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