wine-whine merger in English

IPA: /wɑenˈwɑen ˌmɜːdʒə(r)/ [Australia], /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɜːdʒə(r)/ [UK], /wɒenˈwɒen ˌmɵːdʒɘ(r)/, /waɪnˈʍaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/ [US], /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/ [US] Forms: wine-whine merger [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{proper noun}} [POS TABLE]

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  "hyphenation": "wine‧whine‧mer‧ger",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Wine-whine merger is a merger in which IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones."
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      "ipa": "/waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɜːdʒə(r)/",
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      "ipa": "/waɪnˈʍaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/",
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        "US"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/",
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  "pos": "name",
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    {
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        "Wine-whine merger is a merger in which IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones."
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        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɜːdʒə(r)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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"wine-whine merger" meaning in English

Proper name