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bad-lad split
Proper noun
Japanese Meaning
英語の一部の方言（主に英国やオーストラリア英語）において、母音/æ/が短い【/æ/】と長い【/æː/】に分裂する現象。例えば、「bad」は長い母音で発音され、「lad」は短い母音で発音される。
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(phonology) a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æː/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which bad
is pronounced /bæːd/ and lad
is pronounced /læd/
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bad-lad split
The bad-lad split has been central to discussions about vowel change in that regional accent.
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The bad-lad split has been central to discussions about vowel change in that regional accent.
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