foot-strut split
/ˈfʊt ˈstrʌt ˌsplɪt/
foot-strut split noun: a phonemic split affecting most modern varieties of English (with the exception of most accents of Northern England and the English Midlands, along with some accents of North Wales and Ireland) in which the phoneme /ʊ/, which occurs in both foot and strut in accents without the split, is separated into two phonemes: /ʌ/ in words like strut and cut and /ʊ/ in words like foot and put.
Noun
foot-strut split
- a phonemic split affecting most modern varieties of English (with the exception of most accents of Northern England and the English Midlands, along with some accents of North Wales and Ireland) in which the phoneme /ʊ/, which occurs in both foot and strut in accents without the split, is separated into two phonemes: /ʌ/ in words like strut and cut and /ʊ/ in words like foot and put.
Questions about foot-strut split
- What does foot-strut split mean?
- Foot-strut split means a phonemic split affecting most modern varieties of English (with the exception of most accents of Northern England and the English Midlands, along with some accents of North Wales and Ireland) in which the phoneme /ʊ/, which occurs in both foot and strut in accents without the split, is separated into two phonemes: /ʌ/ in words like strut and cut and /ʊ/ in words like foot and put.
- What part of speech is foot-strut split?
- Foot-strut split is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foot-strut split?
- Foot-strut split is pronounced /ˈfʊt ˈstrʌt ˌsplɪt/.
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