Mary-marry-merry merger (English, noun)
expansion: the Mary-marry-merry merger
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
wikidata: Q120794005
glosses: A phonemic merger where the vowels in "mare", "pat", "pet" (usually pronounced mâr, păt, pĕt respectively) are pronounced the same before r, making "Mary", "marry", "merry" homophones.
Forms:
form: the Mary-marry-merry merger
tags: canonical