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• nonrhotic — non•rho′tic adj …   From formal English to slang

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• Phonological history of English consonants — The phonological history of English consonants is part of the phonological history of the English language in terms of changes in the phonology of consonants. Contents 1 Consonant clusters 1.1 H cluster reductions 1.2 Y cluster reductions …   Wikipedia

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• nonrhoticity — noun The state or condition of being nonrhotic. The best known features of ENE speech are its traditional nonrhoticity …   Wiktionary