Category:English terms with unetymological /ɹ/

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  1. warshing
  2. squarsh
  3. warsh
  4. harslet
  5. parsnip
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. warshing
  2. squarsh
  3. harslet
  4. warsh
  5. parsnip

Many English words have acquired an unetymological /ɹ/, either due to either purely phonetic processes or various kinds of hypercorrection (of non-rhoticity, the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronals, or dissimilation of /ɹ/). While forms reflecting this tendency have been adopted in the standard language (e.g. parsnip), others survive only dialectally or informally (e.g. warsh).


Pages in category "English terms with unetymological /ɹ/"

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