Mary/merry/marry

[JaneBanks]

Cherry rhymes with Jerry (unless you pronounce it Jairy than forget it, lol)

Che = Je as in Jet

Dairy rhymes with scary or Dare - y

Carry = Ca as in Cat or Cap

 

[EMom]

Massachusetts/NH here

Mary & Marry rhyme with Dairy & Carry (no difference with all 4 words)

Merry rhymes with Cherry

Dairy does not rhyme with marry in my area. Dairy is more like derry....rhymes with berry and merry.

So, then, do you say Harry as in "hardy" without the d or in hat tree without the t? Because in the video it sounds more like she's using a short a instead of an "ah" sound. With an "ah" sound to me it would rhyme more with bar with a long e attached.

I guess "Harry" would be Hah-ree. An "a" as in mass. Or hat. So marry sounds like the "ma" in mass or hat. Then throw a "ree" on to the end.

Everyone I know says Mary "merry." But "marry" is a very distinct word with a different sound. If I knew a man named Barry Berry, his names would NOT rhyme. It would be Bah-ree Beh-ree.

 

[EMom]

But Harry, Barry, Mary, cherry, berry, and merry all rhyme (outside of pockets of the northeast, it looks like).

And an old boyfriend's last name is Berry - said the same way as Barry.

No, here marry, Harry and Barry would rhyme. Then as another group, Mary, cherry, berry and merry would rhyme with each other.

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

I'm sitting here picturing people saying Mary & berry like the name Murray & it's cracking me up!

 

[threeboysmom]

If I knew a man named Barry Berry, his names would NOT rhyme. It would be Bah-ree Beh-ree.

And I would say his first name as Bair-ree

 

[Liberty Belle]

I'm sitting here picturing people saying Mary & berry like the name Murray & it's cracking me up!

A lot of people (especially the more rural people) around here say bury to rhyme with Murray. To me, bury, berry, and Barry all rhyme.

 

[Sorsha]

And I would say his first name as Bair-ree

Yup. My mom used to be a huge Barry Manilow nut, and even people announcing him on TV, the radio, etc say Bair-ee.

 

[JaneBanks]

I would say Barry, Marry and Carry like

Bah - a sound a sheep makes.
Mah
Cah

Mary would be Mairy

Berry and Merry would be like the BE in Beth.
Beh
Meh

lol