Re: curious Minnesota vowels


Harlan Messinger wrote:
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
In this week's News from Lake Wobegon, heard on this morning's replay,
Garrison Keillor was describing the children's Christmas pageant.
"There were Joseph and Mary," he said, "and this year she was wearing
glasses."

"Mary" was pronounced as marry, as would be expected (his realization
of the trinity is unusual but generally consistent) -- but "wearing"
had Mary, as in NYC! (He is broadcasting this month from NYC, but
that's not likely to be relevant.)

Doesn't everybody maintain the vowel in "wear", "stare", etc., as is in
inflected forms?

Why wouldn't "Mary" and "wear(ing)" exhibit the _same_ vowel, whatever
the speaker's dialect?

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  • Re: curious Minnesota vowels
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