nurse merger

名词 n.
英 /ˈnɜːs ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/    美 /ˈnɚs ˌmɚd͡ʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A phonemic merger occuring in most present accents of English where historic /ɛr/, /ɪr/, /ʊr~ʌr/ are pronounced identically.
    — Another point on which Smart insists is the distinction between serf and surf […] A distinction can of course be made, and without much difficulty, by those who think of it, and is made by those who have formed a habit of doing so; but the distinction is so rarely made as to amount almost to pedantry […]
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