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Vowels MARRY, MERRY, MARY  
  
1128   10:37 صباحاً   date: 2024-03-19
Author : Matthew J. Gordon
Book or Source : A Handbook Of Varieties Of English Phonology
Page and Part : 292-16


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Vowels MARRY, MERRY, MARY

The Linguistic Atlas records reported a two-way contrast for these vowels with /æ/ in MARRY and /ε/ in MERRY and MARY. More recent evidence indicates that MERRY and MARY remain separate in Philadelphia. Further supporting these reports of a contrast is the observation that MERRY items often appear with something like [Λ], which results in a merger (or close approximation) of merry ~ Murray, ferry ~ furry, etc.