Interestingly, this question appeared as number 15 on the Harvard Dialect Survey , so it is possible to give a good summary of the pronunciation d...

If you wish to try to simulate the distinction for people who do not normally make it, I have found that it is best to illustrate it this way: Marr...

Cameron's excellent answer shows that most people in the US do indeed pronounce these words the same. Although I see that you are a native US Engli...

The Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (LPD-3, Wells 2008) gives the following data for the word "marry" in American English: 'meri 53% 'mæri 47% As...

As an Irish-English speaker, the three words sound distinctly different MAry as in MAy(the month) MArry as in MArmalade MErry as in MEn My American...

I don't pronounce merry like the other two; not even close. As for marry and Mary , I just said, “I want to marry Mary” five times over. I mig...

I'm from southern New Jersey, but I do not have a Jersey accent whatsoever . People tell me I don't have an accent, but rather speak in a "general...

I suppose the catch to printed pronunciation guides is that they always have to relate you to some word that you already know, like "a as in past"....

In New York City, Mary, merry and marry each have a distinctive sound. Mary sound like "mare-re" Merry, you hear the "mer" Marry sounds similar to...