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Mary,Merry, & Marry

The last post triggered this. In most of the US-west of the Miss. ,but not the south ,these words are pronounced identically. I know the UK is like the east US. Mary is pronounced Mairey;like fairy,...

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Not to worry! I'm a big girl now and I take exception only to direct personal attacks. Ignorance (in this case of My Fair Lady when the subject line was exactly that) doesn't bother me. It's sad, but...

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Really? It's possible to pose as another on this forum? Obviously,so. Eliza- Colin Powell when asked how he dealt w/ racism (he's 3rd in command in US) said he was told by his father to look at it as...

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Re: Mary,Merry, & Marry

Perhaps the Shavian version of the tale would also have been appropriate--Liza Doolittle and ElizaD have remarkably similar names.

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WG:"I can only recall 1 or 2 instances in which someone wished me a 'Mary Christmas' ".But it is conceivable that you might be wished a 'Mary and Joseph Christmas' isn't it?

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Really? It's possible to pose as another on this forum? Obviously,so. Eliza- Colin Powell when asked how he dealt w/ racism (he's 3rd in command in US) said he was told by his father to look at it as...

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Re: Mary,Merry, & Marry

It was the real Jim Wilton that posted it (IP address is the same). But I am sure no offense was intended. The line is another quote from "My Fair Lady."

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I hereby retract all shock at Jim's post, for I did not recognize it to be a Pygmaliquote. Then again, I didn't recognize Lizzie's to be a Pygmalitroll in the first place.All is right in the world...

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I always pronounced tour incredibly differently from tore. It's too-er and tohr.

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Yeah, Bostonians oft get mocked for "tore guide", etc. Then again, a lot of regions seem to accept "yore" for "your". Can't recall the last time I heard "yoo-er".

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I pronounce "Mary" and "merry" the same - "mairey" - only when "merry" is emphasized, as in "Merrry Christmas!". In the middle of a sentence (...wished him a merry Christmas.) it would sound more like...

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Eliza- my reference to Powell/racism was an analogy- rather than be offended, look at any negativity as the other's problem. BTW, I see that masquerading here can be dicovered, so why surprised at my...

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Surprised, doc, because it's so easy for anyone to log in as someone else that I assumed everyone knew you could do it. For while I readjusted my browser settings and even while registered as ElizaD,...

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IMHO it was obviously a joke. I could see how you could call it "inappropriate" (or even "offensive") if you didn't recognize it as another quote from the play, but once it's recognized I can't see...

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More than just playful, I would add "intelligent" and "well-sourced". I won't fault you for not catching the reference (as none of the rest of us seem to have either), but you'd have done best to...

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Do it - see if I care!!!!!I'm female and ENTITLED to sulk.

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Re: Mary,Merry, & Marry

God, with an attitude like that, I hafta ask...Were we ever married?!

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I'll be careful from now on to use "' or to attribute -but it was well done by Jim, & I"m inspired to try it down the road.

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I'm sorry for being obscure (and not citing my source!). Since you brought up My Fair Lady, I couldn't resist being Henry Higgins to your ElizaD [oolittle]. I certain't didn't mean the quote to be...

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Here is a better quote:"I've grown accustomed to her face. She almost makes makes the day begin.. . . Her smiles, her frowns, her ups, her downs are second nature to me now.Like breathing out and...

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