Re: curious Minnesota vowels

In article <1166505234.728387.16780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John Atkinson wrote:

I've never heard any English speaker from England who doesn't pronounce
"Mary", "scary", and "hairy" as exact rhymes. I'm know people exist who
don't rhyme "Mary" and "hairy"-- the same ones that don't rhyme "scary"
and "hairy" -- but they're rare.

and who, praytell, are these curious non-rhymers?

Jackee Harry? (or more precisely, her character Sandra Clark on _227_)

Nathan

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