Had I written it in IPA, people would be complaining about that, too... It's /kɛər/, as you can see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English ht

Had I written it in IPA, people would be complaining about that, too... It's /kɛər/, as you can see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English And, for the record, I have the Mary-marry-merry merger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_/r/#Mary.E2.80.93marry.E2.80.93merry_merger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes...