[Magdalen] Like I Was Puzzled.

Roger Stokes roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
Thu Dec 4 23:32:24 UTC 2014


On 04/12/2014 23:20, Charles Wohlers wrote:
> Everybody knows Mary, marry, and merry are all pronounced the same. 
> Lee begs to differ, however.
>
> Lee was once invited to go to the potty, and it wasn't the toilet.
>
> She also insists that "room" and "broom" are don't rhyme. She's wrong, 
> of course.

Sorry Chad, I agree with Lee.  If my niece Mary gets married then I 
expect to have a merry time but I can distinguish the three words. 
Likewise the initial "b" has an effect on the rest of the word with a 
different mouth shape.

Roger


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