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thehoagieboy t1_j9wjanm wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Reply to comment by C4bl3Fl4m3 in Survey on Pennsylvania Dialect (“cot” and “caught”) by pretty_hooligan

I'm not sure if this helps, but:

Mary–merry distinction:[55] Hence merry is [mɛɹɪ], but Mary is [mɛəɹɪ]. Mary also has an opener variant of [ɛ] than merry. Marry is pronounced as /æ/, which is distinct from the vowels of both Mary and merry.[55]