Re: USAGE: Western Usonian /a/

Steg Belsky wrote:
> Hrrm...
> In my accent (NYC Metro), I and III are the same, let's call it something
> like [a], (II is [O]), *except* for the word "what", which is [V].
> Although we do distinguish "marry", "merry", and "Mary" :-)
I have a friend from New York whose name is Merrie, which she insists is
pronounced differently than Mary.  :-)  When she says them together, I
can sometimes hear the difference ("Not Mary, Merrie"), but even then
they often sound the same to me.  I pronounce all three of those the
same, so that "Who will merry Mary marry?", all three words sound the
same.  :-)

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