horse-hoarse merger

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoɹs hoɹs ˌmɝdʒɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːs hɔːs ˌmɜːdʒə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹs hoɹs ˌmɛɹdʒəɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhoːs hoːs ˌmɜːdʒə/ === Noun === horse-hoarse merger (phonology) A phonemic merger of /ɔɹ/ and /oɹ/, so that pairs of words such as horse and hoarse, war and wore, for and four, etc become homophones.