Nihil Obstat Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Not in America, they're not. "Mary" and "Marry" are pronounced the same exact way, with the "Mare" noise. You will probably find subtle regional variation that is not adequately captured by spelling, if you were to dig a bit deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTrishaxLynnx Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I think its safe to say that a very large number of us say POP Define "very large number." The most populous areas seem to call it soda. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Define "very large number." The most populous areas seem to call it soda. :P If you look at the map, it appears the blue and the red are about dead-even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spem in alium Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I say y'all and I am not even American, purely because I think it sounds cool. Do some of y'all seriously call a roundabout a traffic circle? And a drive through liquor store exists? This is all quite baffling. How do you pronounce them the same? I would pronounce each of those words differently. I concur. Also, yay for Wisconsin and Rhode Island. BUBBLER! Am I understanding correctly that in some areas "Been" is pronounced "Ben"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTrishaxLynnx Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 If you look at the map, it appears the blue and the red are about dead-even. The most populous areas seem to call it soda. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Am I understanding correctly that in some areas "Been" is pronounced "Ben"? Of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillT Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I concur. Also, yay for Wisconsin and Rhode Island. BUBBLER! Am I understanding correctly that in some areas "Been" is pronounced "Ben"? How do you pronounce it? Like bean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 You mean the most liberal areas? That's not helping your cause out too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Am I understanding correctly that in some areas "Been" is pronounced "Ben"? Absolutely. That's how everyone I know pronounces it, unless we're making fun of British people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I concur. Also, yay for Wisconsin and Rhode Island. BUBBLER! Am I understanding correctly that in some areas "Been" is pronounced "Ben"? Did no one use it when you were here? That is totally how I say it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 we call them rotaries, but they are also fondly referred to as traffic circles of death. The driving here gets pretty screwy :( They are death traps, here. My husband was just commenting on how they might keep traffic flowing when people get used to them, as we were waiting to enter one last weekend, and the guy in the roundabout stopped to wait for us to come in... :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 In the northwest, the only distinct things we say seem to be "fewd" instead of "food" (a sort of "ew" instead of a hard "oo" like you'd get in the midwest) and "tink you" instead of "thank you." :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I have an announcement: IT'S POP!!!!!!! Wrong. Y'all is a good word. I wish it was part of my dialect. Make it part. Soda!!! :like2: Don't forget "all y'all" for a larger group. Exactly. How does one pronounce "Mary, merry, and marry" differently? I can't figure out a way to do it that sounds remotely intelligible. I had the same confusion. I tried what EmilyAnn said, and my mouth was unable to make different sounds for each word still. I want to hear this. For the record, it's "cray-awn" not "cran" or "cray-ahn." Nope. It's "cran" and I'm born and raised Texan. According to the map I'm saying it weird for my state and I should move to Wisconsin. I concur. Also, yay for Wisconsin and Rhode Island. BUBBLER! Am I understanding correctly that in some areas "Been" is pronounced "Ben"? I was baffled to learn there's another way. How do you pronounce it? Like bean? My question exactly. I really was intrigued by the "pajama" map and this one (esp. the author's title comment): This survey rocks. I'm a geography major. Thank you for sharing!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Seems like a cheaper version of this (much older) study, but perhaps I'm missing something. http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) Wouldn't have gotten the 2nd part of the '3 faces of Mary/Merry/Marry except one of our parish priests pointed out he'd begun life in the New Jersey area, noting that how he said 'Hail Meeeeeeery' gave him away. And so does MEEEEEEEry Christmas! Now I dread when he is leading the Rosary..... we have a MEEEEERy time as you can imagine... Edited June 6, 2013 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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