[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[Marion Thompson]

Americans seem to favour awnt for aunt.  North of the border we are  Aunt
and Ant the same.

Marion a pilgrim

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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