Kregg vs. Craig

[Ed Keer]

Actually, I didn't. I do keep my Marys distinct from
my marries. It's just that I don't distinguish merry
and Murray or ferry and furry.

Ed

--- "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU> wrote:
> Nope. larry ill-advisedly spells the plural of
> "Mary" as "Maries" and
> you took it (quite reasonably) to be "Marie," which
> of course all of
> us conflaters keep distinct.
>
> dInIs
>
> >  > Those
> >>  PA folks don't even reliably keep their Maries
> apart
> >>  from their
> >>  marries and merries, so it's not too surprising
> that
> >>  they neutralize
> >>  before /g/ and /l/.  Talk about your road to
> >>  perdition.  We New
> >>  Yorkers would never fall for that.
> >
> >An Iggles fan myself, I certainly keep my Maries,
> >marries, and merries apart. I just can't keep my
> >merries and Murrays apart...
> >
> >Ed
> >
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