[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[Grace Cangialosi]

That is hysterical!!  Of course, it is true that if you need to handle
birds for any reason--banding, rescuing, etc., holding them on their backs
in the palm of your hand keeps them completely calm.

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 6:32 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I was growing up we had a neighbor who was originally from somewhere,
> I believe, in the Tidewater area. She had three children, Marianne,
> Malcolm, and Maureen, whose names she pronounced (more or less) as
> "May-ree-ay-yan", "May-yal-comb", and "Mo-reeeeeeen". We used to joke that
> it took her five minutes to call all three of her kids in.
>
> Some years ago, I was at a party with a number of our church choir members
> and the wife of one of them, coincidentally also from the Tidewater, was
> telling a story about her childhood and about "hypnotizing chickens" (she'd
> had a couple of drinks). She explained that if you turn them over on their
> backs they will be hypnotized because "theyah brains ah loose in theyah
> hayuds." By th time she got to that we had all pretty much dissolved in
> laughter.
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:24 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Grace, I believe the variations are rooted in regional
> > difference...differing accents across the country.
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:21 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have found all of this very interesting, because it never occurred to
> > me
> > > that they would be pronounced differently from each other.  I pronounce
> > all
> > > three the same. When I've heard people pronounce them differently from
> > > me, I just figured it was a regional difference; I never noticed that
> > they
> > > might be using different pronunciations depending on the spelling.
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 4:56 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I do also.
> > > >
> > > > Mary - Ma (long a) - re
> > > > Merry - Mare (as in female horse) - re
> > > > Marry - Maa (as in Baa, so sheep say) - re
> > > >
> > > > Ginga
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 4:16 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I also pronounce bury and berry the same.
> > > > > -M
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 3:28 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I am a New Englander.
> > > > > > We pronounce Mary and merry exactly the same.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Grace Cangialosi
> > > Ruckersville, VA
> > >
> > > *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with
> > great
> > > love."*
> > > *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
> > >
> >
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
love."*
*St. Teresa of Calcutta*