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What is a wine-whine merger?

What is a wine-whine merger? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (phonology) A merger in which [ʍ] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.
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