Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation - All and Oil in Texas

[Carol]

> Geoff:
> For pretty well all UK English speakers...
> 
> Harry rhymes with carry, marry, Barry, Larry
> 
> Hairy rhymes with dairy, fairy, Mary
> 
> In Brit terms, no contest.

Carol responds:

For this American, *all* of the words in both lists rhyme with each
other (or are homonyms). Every one of them rhymes with "merry," "very"
and "berry," as well.

Carol, trying and failing to remember how the actors pronounce "Harry"
in the films and supposing that it must sound like "HAH ree" rather
than "HEHR ee" (with "ah" representing the short "a" sound in "cat,"
not "ah" as in "bah, humbug!")