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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.misc
Subject: Marry merry Mary Murry
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Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 10:41:12 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 10:41:12 1985
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Reply-To: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
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>     Anyway, lots of years ago there was a radio program in
>the NYC area that featured a person who could pinpoint a
>person's place of origin in the US by the way said person
>pronounced the following:
>
>                  Marry merry Mary Murry.
>
>Of course we NYers pronounced each word differently.


Most people here in Memphis would pronounce each word differently, too,
but they would pronounce them all wrong. :-)

Having lived in the Southeast U.S. all my life, I can easily see the
usefulness of this amusing test. I can now tell where in the Southeast
someone is from, thanks to that test.

West Tennessee (Memphis area):	Mairy mairy mairy mahrrie.
East Tennessee (Knoxville area): Mairy mairy mairy mairy.
Texas:	Mrrry mrrry mrrry mrrry.
Mississippi (Delta region): Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble.

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Dave Kirby    ( ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave)

(Th' veews expruhssed in h'ya don'esssurrily reflek th' veews of
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