Dueling dialects

David Bergdahl einstein at FROGNET.NET
Fri Aug 20 14:00:57 UTC 2004


Ed (from SE PA/Philly) wrote:

No way, the classical 3-way distinction was: Mary [e],
merry [@], marry [ae]. Any other pronunciation is
barbaric :)

so merry = Murray??

4-way splitting David from Valley Stream, LI, NY



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