soft a (English, noun)
expansion: soft a (plural soft a's)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The schwa at the end of the African-American Vernacular English word nigga, as contrasted with the hard r at the end of the word nigger when spoken with a General American accent (which is considered very offensive).
tags: US
informal
Forms:
form: soft a's
tags: plural