• smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The scariest thing here is that higgzorz thinks berry rhymes with scary

    • _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de
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      10 months ago

      I think they think scary rhymes with Mary… That said, there are dialects where Mary rhymes with berry - it’s known as the Mary-merry-marry merger!

        • _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de
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          10 months ago

          In IPA, [mɛːɹɪj], [mɛɹɪj], [maɹɪj] is what I say. Basically Mary has a long “eh” sound, merry has a short “eh” sound and marry has a short “ah” sound (you can check the IPA vowel chart for the specific sounds here) In General American I think speakers without the merger say them something like [mɛɚ.ɪj], [mɛɹɪj], [mæɹɪj], although over half of Americans are supposed to have the merger now.

          If you’re interested, you can read more here