Merry poll

[ICECLIMBERS]

Merry Christmas, now fight over how to pronounce it.

[TheDebil]

marrying christmas dont sound too bad but nah

[GrumpyGoomba]

Marry crismis

[Kmenx]

Chrissmiss is my favourite time of the year

[TheDebil]

who tf is saying marry and mary the same

is this an american thing or smth

how do you say it different
its just one more r basically the same word

[Transcender]

who tf is saying marry and mary the same

is this an american thing or smth

how do you say it different
its just one more r basically the same word

ah and ay

[ICECLIMBERS]

who tf is saying marry and mary the same

is this an american thing or smth

Yes.
General American English is rhotic and it causes vowel sounds to merge. The northeastern accents have distinctions for these words though.
I’m not a linguist but I think that’s what causes the merger.

[ICECLIMBERS]

[EvanManManMan]

Of course New Jersey is noticeably different from every other state

Fr tho Mary and marry have the exact same vowel sound. Merry is completely different tho because it's a totally different vowel.

[ICECLIMBERS]

Historically marry is æ, marry is ɛ, and Mary is eɪ. Those are three distinct vowel sounds.

Different written vowels don’t always mean different sounds, which is why watch and clock can have the same vowel sound.

[EvanManManMan]

So your saying it should be pronounced like mayry?

Because that just sounds wrong

[ICECLIMBERS]

So your saying it should be pronounced like mayry?

Because that just sounds wrong

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ma ... -merry.ogg
This is how it is for people without any merger. It has to do with how Americans pronounce our R, which is different than most European dialects of English.

[TheDebil]

who tf is saying marry and mary the same

is this an american thing or smth

how do you say it different
its just one more r basically the same word

ah and ay

marah doesnt sound like either

[TheDebil]

i am an european who is learned british english at school and i have no idea

[GrumpyGoomba]

has*

[TheDebil]

has*

shut the up i am beat your ass

[GrumpyGoomba]

Uwaa this is abuse

[EvanManManMan]

i am an european who is learned british english at school and i have no idea

A European


You don't need to substitue a for an because the sound is not cacophonous

[GrumpyGoomba]

Yeah you tell him Evan

[TheDebil]

i am an european who is learned british english at school and i have no idea

A European


You don't need to substitue a for an because the sound is not cacophonous

bro i said "who is learned" i dont think.i need this

[GrumpyGoomba]

i am an european who is learned british english at school and i have no idea

A European


You don't need to substitue a for an because the sound is not cacophonous

bro i said "who is learned" i dont think.i need this

*pat pat*