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Sentence
Among
the
changes,
which
took
place
in
Dublin
English
in
the
1990s
(Hickey
1999),
are
the
following
four
which
are
also
found
in
general
forms
of
American
English:
(a)
use
of
retroflex
/r/,
in
fork
[fo:ɻk];
(b)
use
of
an
intervocalic
alveolar
tap,
for
example
in
water
[wɑɾɚ];
(c)
the
horse/hoarse‐merger
and
(d)
the
which/witch‐merger.
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Among the changes, which took place in Dublin English in the 1990s (Hickey 1999), are the following four which are also found in general forms of American English: (a) use of retroflex /r/, in fork [fo:ɻk]; (b) use of an intervocalic alveolar tap, for example in water [wɑɾɚ]; (c) the horse/hoarse‐merger and (d) the which/witch‐merger.
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