Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia

> I think that a significant (but probably shrinking) minority
> 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?

I grew up just outside of NYC and have lived in the city for a decade
now - it seems to me that most New Yorks pronounce these three words
virtually the same (of course, a great number of NYC residents hail
from other parts of the country/world - it's sometimes hard to find
folks who were born and raised here).

- Chris Gwinn

In my experience I'm thinking of people I knew in college in the 70s who were from Yonkers and Long Island, who were virtually the only people I ever heard distinguish these in person --as opposed to TV and movies. So maybe it's also died out in NYC as well.

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