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Mary-marry-merry merger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phonemic merger where the vowels in "mare", "pat", "pet" (usually pronounced mâr, păt, pĕt respectively) are pronounced the same before r, making "Mary", "marry", "merry" homophones.

Pronunciation

mâr′ē măr′ē mĕr′ē mûr′jər /ˈmeɹi ˈmæɹi ˈmɛɹi ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/ Mary-marry-merry.ogg /ˈmɛɹi ˈmɛɹi ˈmɛɹi ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/ /ˈmɛəɹi ˈmæɹi ˈmɛɹi ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/ [ˈmɛːɹɪj ˈmaɹɪj ˈmɛɹɪj ˌməːd͡ʒə] /ˈmeɾe ˈmaɾe ˈmɛɾe ˌmɛɾd͡ʒəɾ/ /ˈmeːɹi ˈmæɹi ˈmeɹi ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/ /ˈmeə̯ɹi ˈmɛɹi ˈmeɹi ˌmøːd͡ʒɘ/ /ˈmiə̯ɹi ˈmɛɹi ˈmeɹi ˌmøːd͡ʒɘ/ /ˈmeɹi ˈmæɹi ˈmʌɹi ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/ /ˈmɜːɹɪ ˈmaɹɪ ˈmɛɹɪ ˌmɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ /ˈmæʳiː ˈmæriː ˈmeriː ˌmɜːʳd͡ʒɜʳ/

Word forms

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