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This is part 3 of a three-part poll. Parts 1 and 2 are linked below. Please respond to all parts in order.

Part 1 | Part 2

How did you vote in the previous polls?

TMA fan; merry and marry are the same, Gerard and Jared are the same.

TMA fan; merry and marry are the same, Gerard and Jared are different.

TMA fan; merry and marry are different, Gerard and Jared are the same.

TMA fan; merry and marry are different, Gerard and Jared are different.

Not a TMA fan; merry and marry are the same, Gerard and Jared are the same.

Not a TMA fan; merry and marry are the same, Gerard and Jared are different.

Not a TMA fan; merry and marry are different, Gerard and Jared are the same.

Not a TMA fan; merry and marry are different, Gerard and Jared are different.

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Voting ended onSep 9, 2023

The reason I am running this poll is that many TMA fans have a hard time telling when Jonny is saying Gerard vs Jared in the podcast. The oft-cited reason for this is that he does not pronounce the second "R" in "Gerard," thus making it hard to distinguish the two names.

This confused me for a long time, as I can tell them apart regardless of the "R," based on the "E" vs "A" sounds. But it occurred to me that the E/A distinction is the same one as exists in the words "merry" and "marry" - two words that many people cannot tell apart. Those particular phonemes get lost in many American accents, meaning that the words are spoken and heard as homonyms despite technically having different pronunciations.

My predictions are that the results of this poll will show that people who hear "Gerard" and "Jared" as the same will also hear "merry" and "marry" as the same, and that this will be the largest group. People who hear one word pair as different, will also hear the difference in the other one, and this will be the second largest group. There will be a small number of people who can hear the difference between one word pair but not the other. I do not know how fandom association will change these results (but I expect most interaction will be from TMA fans anyway).

...All that aside, I'm very curious to see if I'll be proven wrong!

#hm interesting #having heard them side by side #i think the jared gerard issue for me is that jonny pronounces ‘gerard’ more or less like i would pronounce ‘jared’#and he pronounces ‘jared’ with much more of an [æ] sound #so i can hear the difference easily enough when theyre side by side but it mismatches how i would say them #wrt merry vs mary i can hear the difference #when i pronounce them they sound pretty similar to each other‚ ‘mary’ is maybe a bit more of a diphthong but not by much #the distinction is much clearer here than how i pronounce them #for the record i have a standardish midwestern american accent #polls #audio #text

thedreadvampy

Hey idk if you've seen this (if you're on Twitter etc) but my friend Frank who is wonderful and who you might know from such hits as The Mechanisms and The Magnus Archives and Being A Generally Cool Guy is having big problems with some dickheads in the council who have sprung a surprise eviction notice on them and their family. They're pretty substantially disabled and have been in a precarious situation for a long time now so there isn't any give in their finances to pay off the council and avoid eviction.

They've set up a gofundme to pay off the Surprise Council Debt and keep afloat (in addition to the money they apparently now owe their rent has been massively increased). If you've got a few quid spare and have enjoyed their work in the past (or just think people shouldn't be booted out of their home for being disabled in a cost of living crisis) it sounds like it would go a long way.

Hi, if you don't know me, I'm Frank. I'm a disabled voice actor and content creator w… Frank Voss needs your support for please help my fam

#behind the scenes

streetlight-halo-deactivated202

offers an archival assistant in these trying times

nebulations

[ID: Magnus Archives fanart of Gerry tipping his head back as it lightly rains, his hands in his pockets and a slight smile on his face. The pieces are the same, but in the first the background is red with green rain, and the second is blue rain against cream. End ID]

#gerry #art #image described

timeloopfemme

and they were girlfriends (oh my god they were girlfriends)

#georgie #melanie #what the girlfriends #art #image described

sylvrndoodles

hungry...

rq-described

[ID: A drawing of Jonathan Sims from the Magnus Archives. He turns to look towards the viewer, his hair covering his face so all that’s visible is a shadowed, brilliantly green eye. Behind him, light emanates out to form a huge, textured, green eye. Jon stands in front of its dark pupil. End ID]

#jon sims #art #image described

kald-dal-art

drawings of different Magnus Archives characters because I'm getting around to finally finish the show

agnesarchives

[ID: Fan art of Nikola Orsinov, Annabelle Cane, and Mike Crew from The Magnus Archives. The first image shows Nikola, drawn in a contorted pose with a hand to her ear. She is a mannequin with clown makeup, wearing a ringmaster’s outfit. The second image is Annabelle, in front of a web patterned background. Annabelle is a Black woman with white curly hair, multiple eyes, and a spiderweb on the side of her head, wearing a purple suit. The third image is Mike Crew, flying in a stormy sky with lightning. He is a pale man with light hair, pale blue eyes, and a lightning pattern scar, wearing a long coat and scarf. End ID]

#lov the character designs #nikola orsinov #annabelle cane #mike crew #art #image described #my id

streetlight-halo-deactivated202

ALT

lil Gerry from Aggie :))

rq-described

[ID copied from alt text: A digital drawing of Gerry Keay, done in shades of blue, brown, and red. He’s sitting against a blue background, surrounded by stylized eyes in red and white. He is frowning slightly and looking at the camera. End ID]

#gerry #art #image described

goblanna

It is polite to knock :)

agnesarchives

[ID: Fan art of Mr Spider from The Magnus Archives. It is drawn mostly in monochrome, with red accents. Mr Spider is a large black spider with numerous eyes, wearing a red hat. He has numerous lines of web trailing from his legs. In the background are two doors. The door on the right has red bloodstains around it, and the words “Knock Knock”. End ID]

#looks exactly like i pictured the books art style #good job op #art #image described #my id

saintbleeding

Your art is so cool, and I love it. My heart has, of course, been crushed by your latest comic, but thats a sign of a wonderful writer, isn't it

thank u so much this ask made me want to atone for my angst crimes so I drew this

[ID: Digital sketch of Jon Sims and Martin Blackwood, both shown from the chest up. Jon is tall with curly hair tied in a bun. He has scars across his face, with burns having caused bald patches on his right eyebrow and on the left side of his forehead. Martin is short and fat with wavy hair and circular glasses. Both their eyes are closed in laughter. Their figures are coloured a light, warm orange with a blue gradient suggesting the sky in the background. End ID.]

#jon sims #martin #jonmartin #art #image described

candlecoo-sideb-art

HEY GUYS!!!

Was doing some warm up sketches last week and was thinking about what a trip season one of TMA was and it became more than just a sketch.

agnesarchives

[ID: Three drawings of Martin, Jon, and Tim from The Magnus Archives episode 39. The first shows Martin and Jon in Jon’s office. The second shows Martin and Jon looking at Tim, who has burst through a hole in the wall. Tim is grinning. The third image is a colorless drawing showing Martin and Jon reacting. Both are exclaiming “Tim!?”. Martin is smiling, Jon is shocked. End ID]

#love this scene and love your art style #martin #jon sims #tim #art #s1 #ep 39 #image described #my id

saphizzle

NO.

the-daedalus

[ID: painting of a close up of Jon’s eyes in dark grayscale highlighted with green. He is looking intensely forward, eyes wide and reflecting the green most vividly. Centered over the bridge of his nose is “NO.” /end ID]

#jon sims #art #image described

sophierowan

simon fairchild commission ☁

sunrisetune

[ID: Art of Simon Fairchild from The Magnus Archives, showing when he becomes an avatar of the Vast. Simon is in the middle of a fall, his back to the camera and his hands up like he’s trying to catch himself. He is wearing a medieval tunic and leggings, and has long blond hair that’s blown over his face. Above him are a paintbrush and paint palette that’ve flown out of his hands, a ladder tilting away from him, and an intricate gold frame hung over a piece of blue sky with a thread of cloud through it. Around and underneath him is the rest of the sky, bright blue with sunlit clouds, spilling out from the frame. He looks like he’s floating through or falling into it, or both.

/End ID]

#simon fairchild #art #image described

toothwormfactory

[ID: Digital fanart of Martin Blackwood and Jane Prentiss from The Magnus Archives. Martin is standing in his flat with a blue blanket wrapped around himself, obscuring all of his body except his head. He is looking to the right with a wary expression. Jane is standing outside with a hand on the door.

She is smiling as she tells Martin: "quit your job". Martin responds: "why" and Jane replies "join my emo flesh hive" /End ID]

Happy Worm Wife Wednesday!

#martin #jane prentiss #art #image described

milkydeath

Been binging tma for a week straight haha..

nebulations

[ID: A Magnus Archives meme redraw of Jon Sims sitting hunched over in a folding chair with a tape recorder and cassette on the floor below him. Many stylized green eyes crowd around him and stare at him. End ID]

#jon sims #art #image described