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Originally Posted by ApK
Now that I think about it, I think that Wiki article is probably right in that "Merry" and "Mary" are said the same more often that "Marry." I've been asking around the office, and I think they are said the same around here moer often than I thought. Perhaps I've just been imposing my own mental distinction on them. Funny, when pronunciations are close, it's sometime hard to tell whether they are being said the same or not. An auditory illusion of some sort?
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Possibly. We have an "Erin" and an "Aaron" in the extended family, and I can tell the difference between the two words, even though I can't explain or enunciate how, and many other people mix them up regularly, so I've often wondered if I'm "hearing" a difference based on subtle conversational cues. But if I am, I'm not aware of them.
