Southern drawl (English, noun)
expansion: Southern drawl (plural Southern drawls)
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glosses: The diphthongization or triphthongization of the vowels /æ/, /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ into [æj(ə)], [ɛj(ə)] and [ɪj(ə)], occurring in English spoken in the Southern United States.
Forms:
form: Southern drawls
tags: plural
form: southern drawl
tags: alternative
form: Southern brawl
tags: alternative
form: southern brawl
tags: alternative