wine-whine merger

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Pronunciation [edit]

  • (RP) IPA: /waɪnˈʍaɪn ˌmɜː(r)dʒə(r)/
  • (RP) X-SAMPA: /waIn"WaIn %m3:dZ@/

Noun [edit]

wine-whine merger (plural wine-whine mergers)

  1. (phonology) A merger in which ʍ (the sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes w (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.

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