wine-whine merger (suomeksi)

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(lb, en, phonology) A merger in which (IPAchar, [ʍ]) (the sound heard at the beginning of the word (m, en, whine) in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes (IPAchar, [w]) (the sound heard at the beginning of the word (m, en, wine)); in accents where this merger occurs, (m, en, whine) and (m, en, wine) are homophones.