How would you pronounce this name?

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Registered: 08-04-2007
How would you pronounce this name?
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Sat, 08-04-2007 - 5:37pm
Okay this is kind of a random question, I'm not thinking of this for a baby name or anything but....
How would you pronounce the name Meri? *first instincts please!*

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Registered: 07-12-2006
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 6:05pm

Like "Mary"


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Registered: 06-14-2003
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 6:08pm

1st instinct says "Mary".

Is there a right way??

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Registered: 09-25-2006
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 8:04pm
Like Mary... but maybe with a lighter first syllable closer to an "eh" sound.
 
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Registered: 10-24-2005
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 10:55pm
Like Mary (but my first thought was like Merry...Merry Christmas).
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Registered: 01-15-2007
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 11:08pm
Same as "merry"
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Registered: 12-07-2006
Sun, 08-05-2007 - 12:09am
merry..as in Merry Christmas

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 08-05-2007 - 12:13am
Meri is my dh's step mom's name it is Mary she is from Albania.
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Registered: 07-12-2005
Sun, 08-05-2007 - 6:19am
I know a few people called Meri or Meriel - they say it like merry.
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Registered: 05-16-2003
Sun, 08-05-2007 - 7:21am
Mary... I knew one once, it was a nn for Merideth.
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Registered: 08-02-2007
Sun, 08-05-2007 - 9:47am
I would think you would pronounce it just like "Mary".

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