Mary-marry-merry merger

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛəɹi ˈmæɹi ˈmɛɹi ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/|[ˈmɛːɹɪj ˈmaɹɪj ˈmɛɹɪj ˌməːd͡ʒə]    美 /ˈmeɹi ˈmæɹi ˈmɛɹi ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/|/ˈmeːɹi ˈmæɹi ˈmeɹi ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A phonemic merger where the vowels in "mare", "pat", "pet" (usually pronounced mâr, păt, pĕt respectively) are pronounced the same before r, making "Mary", "marry", "merry" homophones.

词形变化

the Mary-marry-merry merger canonical
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