hurry-furry merger
hurry-furry merger · hurry-furry mergers
A phonemic merger where the vowels in hut and fur are pronounced identically before…A phonemic merger where the vowels in hut and fur are pronounced identically before /ɹ/, making the words hurry and furry rhyme.
/ˌhʌ.ɹi ˈfɜː.ɹi ˌmɜː.dʒə/
Meaning
1 sensesA phonemic merger where the vowels in hut and fur are pronounced identically before /ɹ/, making the words hurry and furry rhyme.
Forms
plural: hurry-furry mergers| Singular | hurry-furry merger |
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regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.