wine-whine merger

wine-whine merger
noun /wʌɪnˈʍʌɪn ˌmɜːʤɜː/
A merger in which (the sound heard at the beginning of the word in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes (the sound heard at the beginning of the word ); in accents where this merger occurs, and are homophones.

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