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Re: New Englishisms

From:Brian Betty <bbetty@...>
Date:Thursday, March 11, 1999, 18:44
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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