Re: New Englishisms
| From: | Brian Betty <bbetty@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 11, 1999, 18:44 |
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On 3-11-99, M. Willoughby wrote: "Hmm, both Mary and marry come out with
the first syllable rhyming with "bear" for me ( /mE@ri/, I guess) but I say
married, /m&: rid/. Merry is always very distinct, /mEri/."
bear is different from all of the above!
"vowel harmony, do you say sinnimin /'sIn Im ,In/ for 'cinnamon?'"
Yep, /sinimin/.
BB
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