cot-caught merger
noun/ˈkɑt kɔt ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/US/ˈkɑt kɑt ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ//ˈkɒt kɔːt ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/UK
Definitions
A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American, Canadian and…
A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American, Canadian and Scottish English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll (/ɒ/) and in words such as law and talk (/ɔː/) are pronounced identically, making the words cot and caught homophones.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cot-caught merger. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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