So I’ve been talking to myself for a while out loud now…
I agree with the ‘uh’ insertion. The word seems as if someone added a neural sound to stretch the vowel without adding another syllable though.
As for marry and merry I definitely hear a vowel color change. Merry is ‘brighter’ and I hear a definite ‘ɛ’ as in bed; and marry/Mary a neutral ʌ or ə; the vowel in Mary sounds longer, as if prolonged by inserting an ‘uh’ to enunciate (maybe over-) clearly.
Oh and in response to the rhymes. To my ear weary does not rhyme with the rest of your examples but weary does rhyme with teary. Berry only rhymes with ferry, Larry, and Harry. And Fairy rhymes with hairy but not the others.
So I’ve been talking to myself for a while out loud now…
I agree with the ‘uh’ insertion. The word seems as if someone added a neural sound to stretch the vowel without adding another syllable though.
As for marry and merry I definitely hear a vowel color change. Merry is ‘brighter’ and I hear a definite ‘ɛ’ as in bed; and marry/Mary a neutral ʌ or ə; the vowel in Mary sounds longer, as if prolonged by inserting an ‘uh’ to enunciate (maybe over-) clearly.
Oh and in response to the rhymes. To my ear weary does not rhyme with the rest of your examples but weary does rhyme with teary. Berry only rhymes with ferry, Larry, and Harry. And Fairy rhymes with hairy but not the others.