I think we're seeing the "Mary–marry–merry merger" (specifically the Mary–marry part). [1] claims about three quarters of American English speakers suffer from

I think we're seeing the "Mary–marry–merry merger" (specifically the Mary–marry part). [1] claims about three quarters of American English speakers suffer from it. [1]: 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...