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bad-lad split

bad-lad split proper noun: a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æː/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which "bad" is pronounced /bæːd/ and "lad" is pronounced /læd/.

Proper noun

bad-lad split

  1. a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æː/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which "bad" is pronounced /bæːd/ and "lad" is pronounced /læd/

Questions about bad-lad split

What does bad-lad split mean?
Bad-lad split means a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æː/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which "bad" is pronounced /bæːd/ and "lad" is pronounced /læd/.
What part of speech is bad-lad split?
Bad-lad split is a proper noun.

Words near bad-lad split in the dictionary

  1. bad-boys
  2. bad-jacket
  3. bad-jacketed
  4. bad-jacketing
  5. bad-jackets
  6. bad-lad split
  7. bad-looking
  8. bad-mannered
  9. bad-minded
  10. bad-mouth
  11. bad-mouthed

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