Definitions from Wiktionary (cot-caught merger)
▸ noun: (phonology) A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American, Canadian and Scottish English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll (/ɒ/) and in words such as law and talk (/ɔː/) are pronounced identically, making the words cot and caught homophones.
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▸ noun: (phonology) A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American, Canadian and Scottish English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll (/ɒ/) and in words such as law and talk (/ɔː/) are pronounced identically, making the words cot and caught homophones.
Similar:
low back merger,
lot-cloth split,
cacuminalization,
cacuminal,
coucou,
cotqueanity,
Cott,
cant-dog,
cot-quean,
cacoepy,
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