wine-whine merger

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Definition of wine-whine merger in English English dictionary

wine-whine merger
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
wine-whine mergers
plural form of wine-whine merger
wine-whine merger
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