mirror-nearer merger
noun/ˌmɪɹɚ ˈnɪɹɚ ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ//ˌmɪɹɚ ˈnɪɚɹɚ ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/US/ˌmɪɹə ˈnɪəɹə ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/UK
Definitions
A phonemic merger where the vowels in "bit" and "beer" are pronounced the same before…
A phonemic merger where the vowels in "bit" and "beer" are pronounced the same before /r/, making "mirror" and "nearer" rhyme.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for mirror-nearer merger. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA