[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[ME Michaud]

I pronounce Maureen and marine the same.

Knew a woman who had two children: Bradley and Lee Ann.
At lunchtime she'd lean over the porch railing and yell "Bradley Ann."
-M


On Monday, May 18, 2020, 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.
>
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