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merryman

/ˈm ĕ r ē m ə n/

mĕr-ry-man

Rule 1

Vowels usually say their short sound in a closed syllable.

Rule 2

Y says /ē/ only at the end of a multisyllable base word. I says /ē/ at the end of a syllable followed by a vowel and at the end of foreign words.

Rule 3

Any vowel may say one of the schwa sounds (/ə/) in an unstressed syllable.

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