[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[Christopher Hart]

The Ant pronunciation is very common around here too Ginga. I'm not sure
why I've always preferred Aunt (ahnt). I was raised by one parent born and
mostly raised in the south and the other from New England so who knows what
I heard growing up.

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 8:09 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a local thing - those raised in SC Lowcountry say 'ant' for aunt.  At
> least, my family does.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:10 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > OK, as long this thread is going into other pronunciation quirks who
> > pronounces Aunt and Ant the same as each other? I rhyme Aunt with want
> and
> > Ant with can't.
> >
> > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 7:25 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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