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North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns (files.catbox.moe)
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Source: https://aschmann.net/AmEng/#Au_Washington_State

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Where I'm from, "Mary," "Marry," and "Merry" are not pronounced the same.

Mary rhymes with airy. Marry rhymes with Barry. Merry rhymes with ferry.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Every one of those words rhyme and sound the same.... Not sure if you are joking or of my accent is the joke...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Nah, you're in the majority. We've got hoagie mouth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Where are you from? Wildly guessing NZ?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Same here. I'm from NJ.