Assertion: vowel | /r/CapableOf | bother merger
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text: In a few North American accents, namely in Eastern New England (Boston), Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), and to some degree in Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Portland) and Eastern Canadian English, LOT words do not have the vowel of PALM (the father – bother merger has not occurred) but instead merge with CLOTH/THOUGHT .