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"How do you pronounce Mary/merry/marry?" (media.piefed.world)
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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Ok so not native speaker but lived in Rhode Island for a long while. Here's what I hear:

ˈmeəɹi, ˈmæɹi, and ˈmɛɹi as in Mary, Marry, and merry. Longish a, short a, short e.