L-vocalization could bring about far more mergers, to ensure that e.g. wire /?k??rd/ and named /?k??ld/ may very well be homophonous as /?k??d/ in non-rhotic dialects of South East England. See English-language vowel improvements before historic /l/ To find out more.making use of an advert blocker like uBlock Origin and viewing a pop-up message at … Read More