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cure-nurse merger

/ˌkjʊə̯(ɹ)ˌnɜː(ɹ)s ˈmɜː(ɹ).d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
cure-nurse merg-er
IPA
/ˌkjʊə̯(ɹ)ˌnɜː(ɹ)s ˈmɜː(ɹ).d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phonemic merger, common in East Anglia, where the /ʊə̯(ɹ)/ (o͝or) vowel merges into the /ɜː(ɹ)/ (ûr) vowel, especially after palatal and palatoalveolar consonants; yod dropping in the /jʊə̯(ɹ)/ (yo͝or) sound may apply as well.

Inflected Forms

cure–nurse merger (canonical) the cure–nurse merger (canonical)

Synonyms

cure-fir merger

Questions

How do you pronounce cure-nurse merger?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkjʊə̯(ɹ)ˌnɜː(ɹ)s ˈmɜː(ɹ).d͡ʒə(ɹ)/.
What does cure-nurse merger mean?
A phonemic merger, common in East Anglia, where the /ʊə̯(ɹ)/ (o͝or) vowel merges into the /ɜː(ɹ)/ (ûr) vowel, especially after palatal and palatoalveolar consonants; yod dropping in the /jʊə̯(ɹ)/ (yo͝or) sound may apply as well.

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