Why Some of Y'all Talk Funny

[awakeandready]

They do.

One is an 'e' sound and one is an 'i' sound.

 

[bojanglefunk]

One is an 'e' sound and one is an 'i' sound.

Yeah that one I actually get (unlike the three Ms) and can kind of recreate, I just don't say them that way.

 

[qcdeac]

There is a lot of vowel distinction in that area. When I moved to NJ from OK I didn't differentiate between "pen" and "pin" and people noticed/commented on it a lot.

Pan? Weird. There is no difference between Pen and Pin for me.

I say pin and pen as the same.

Yeah, definitely glad they used "been" as an example.

How about Lynn and Len? Like bojangle said with hen and win, I pronounce them the same but understand the difference between the two. FWIW, I grew up in Eastern NC.

 

[Deacon92]

SEER-up and hoagie FTMFW

Mary rhymes with fairy
Merry rhymes with berry
Marry rhymes with Harry

Come on people!

Don't all three on the right also rhyme?

 

[PhilliesDeacs]

Here's my best shot:

Mary - hairy, fairy, scary, actuary
Merry - berry, furry, slurry, worry
Marry - Larry, Harry, nary, carry

Does that help?

 

[PhilliesDeacs]

Another weird Southeastern PA/NJ thing I noticed through the years: people pronouncing "Tuesday" as "Toos-dee", etc.

 

[94Deac]

Water:

wit-er (Pennsylvania)

Waa-tur: everywhere else.

 

[lbE08]

Here's my best shot:

Mary - hairy, fairy, scary, actuary
Merry - berry, furry, slurry, worry
Marry - Larry, Harry, nary, carry

Does that help?

No. First line and last line are all pronounced the same. and no way does 'merry' rhyme with 'slurry' (which rhymes with Murray).

 

[lbE08]

Water:

wit-er (Pennsylvania)

Waa-tur: everywhere else.

my grandma (PA) says 'wootur'

 

[Bears and Deacs]

Water:

wit-er (Pennsylvania)

Waa-tur: everywhere else.

My friend from Philly says "wut-er"...she said that she had no idea people thought it sounded weird until she moved away from the Philly area.

 

[Toogs]

the merry differences are a nasal thing. You really just need to think of how a jappy sorority chick talks. But maybe you don't have those.

tues-dee is a baltimore thing too

 

[lbE08]

the merry differences are a nasal thing. You really just need to think of how a jappy sorority chick talks. But maybe you don't have those.

tues-dee is a baltimore thing too

i don't think the south really has japs like b-more/the NE does.

*for those who don't know, JAP is jewish-american princess (at least that's the acronym I know)

 

[Wakeforest22890]

Here's my best shot:

Mary - hairy, fairy, scary, actuary
Merry - berry, furry, slurry, worry
Marry - Larry, Harry, nary, carry

Does that help?

Words here that rhyme to me: Mary, hairy, fairy, scary, actuary, marry, Larry, Harry, nary, carry, berry

Words that rhyme with each other but not the other ones: furry, slurry, worry

Nobody says "merry" so it is pronounced as "murray" do they?

 

[Wakeforest22890]

i don't think the south really has japs like b-more/the NE does.

*for those who don't know, JAP is jewish-american princess (at least that's the acronym I know)

I learned the term JAP and NJB recently. I had no idea this was a thing.

 

[JDawg]

the merry differences are a nasal thing. You really just need to think of how a jappy sorority chick talks. But maybe you don't have those.

tues-dee is a baltimore thing too

TOO FER TOOSDEE

 

[lbE08]

I learned the term JAP and NJB recently. I had no idea this was a thing.

I don't know NJB; the only reason i know JAP is because a friend of mine is a self-proclaimed JAP

 

[Wakeforest22890]

NJB is apparently nice Jewish boy. I don't know if that's a commonly used term.

 

[davejuice]

i hear people from time to time say across but add a T to the end of it. never heard of acrosst before

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

Holy shit, how hard is it to pronounce merry? It rhymes with very or Reyshaun Terry, hence why they have the same vowels.

 

[RollTheQuad06]

Words here that rhyme to me: Mary, hairy, fairy, scary, actuary, marry, Larry, Harry, nary, carry, berry

Words that rhyme with each other but not the other ones: furry, slurry, worry

Nobody says "merry" so it is pronounced as "murray" do they?

sometimes I jokingly say "murray Christmas" because it sounds like Santa in my head. but yeah merry and slurry don't really sound the same in my normal speech.