[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[Ann Markle]

Combine Buffalo with born and raised till age 26 in Indiana, and 12 years
in Tennessee, where my "Hoosier" was allowed to come out to play again!

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu


On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:07 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I understand western NY is in the same accent region as Detroit, Chicago,
> Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cleveland, etc. - Inland Northern, I think?
>
> When I went to Rochester, N.Y., on business (first visit to that city) to
> work on a project at the old Kodak HQ, I was surprised the people who lived
> there didn't "sound like New Yorkers." I thought they sounded midwestern,
> but it was just that sort of Great Lakes accent, flat vowels and all. I'm
> sure I fit right in, accent-wise.
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 3:56 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > I still say them the same way, unless I'm really working at it (and I'm
> > usually NOT).
> >
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 4:11 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia.Quia quem meruisti portare,
> > > > alleluiaResurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.Ora pro nobis Deum,
> alleluia.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David Strang.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scott R. Knitter
> > > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>