[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[Scott Knitter]

Here's how I hear the three words in, let's say, East Coast accents (I know
there are many):

Mary = MARE-ee  --first syllable of medium length

marry = MA (from "map") - ree   -- first syllable rather long

merry = MEH (from "meth") - ree   --first syllable quite short

And yes, here in Chicago, all three of these are likely to be said the
first way.

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 2:56 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> It is said one cam spot an Upper Midwesterner by how he/she
> pronouncesthese three words - Mary, marry, and merry.
> In some English speaking areas all three have distinctive different
> pronunciations.In other English speaking areas world wide two of three have
> identical pronunciations.In the USA Upper Midwest, all three have the same
> pronunciation.
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> In any case, May is the traditional month of Mary.
> In the local Procathedral, the choir used to give Mary her dueby chanting
> from back in the apse the Marian antiphon for Eastertide:We abided by the
> notion that you can get by with anything if yousimply sing it in Latin:
> The Regina Caeli
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> Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia.Quia quem meruisti portare,
> alleluiaResurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
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> Queen of heaven be joyful, alleluia.For He whom you have humbly borne,
> alleluia.Has risen as he said, alleluia..Pray to God for us, alleluia.
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> David Strang.
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA