Wine-whine merger
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /waɪnˈÊaɪn ËŒmÉœË(r)dÊ’É™(r)/
- RP
Full definition of wine-whine merger
Noun
wine-whine merger
(plural wine-whine mergers)- (phonology) A merger in which (the sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.