----- Original Message ----
From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
To: Piotr Gasiorowski <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:47:34 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia
of Americans distinguish <marry> from the other two (/æ/ vs.
/E/); only a very small minority distinguish <Mary> from
<merry>.
Brian
From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
To: Piotr Gasiorowski <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:47:34 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia
At 6:05:02 PM on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, Piotr
Gasiorowski wrote:
[...]
> The merger of the MARY, MERRY and MARRY lexical setsI think that a significant (but probably shrinking) minority
> (regularly distinguished e.g. in RP and Scottish English)
> is a fairly recent dialectal phenomenon (of course almost
> general in the Englishes of North America).
of Americans distinguish <marry> from the other two (/æ/ vs.
/E/); only a very small minority distinguish <Mary> from
<merry>.
Brian
I've only heard people from New York City area distinguish /meRi/, /mERi/ , /maeRi/ in the US
When did it die out elsewhere?
.