On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:14:18 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

Any well spoken individual using the English language correctly will understand that Mary, marry & merry have distinctly different pronunciations, and would so never mistake the three.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

I read that the different pronunciations of these words is only among
people who grew up in the Mid-Atlantic states. Since I'm from South
Jersey and do pronounce them differently, I don't know if this is true
or not.