> -----Original Message----- > From: John Klein [mailto:zarkon at illrepute.org] > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Paul Echeverri wrote: > > @> >So who here can verbally distinguish between "merry", "marry", and > "Mary"? > @> > > @> Er, those are all pronounced distinctly from each other. It's not hard. > > You'd be surprised. For instance, I can't distinguish them. > > (I have similar trouble with ferry and fairy, although apparently I > actually pronounce them differently without being aware of it.) How about Perry and parry?