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Colonel American

The dialect of American English spoken among the social strata whose members have the greatest opportunity to become linguists. Often erroneously described as a General, despite not having earned such a promotion.

There's no rod-ride merger in Colonel American.

by ___alphabet___ July 7, 2023

æ-tensing

A sound change that Americans invented to make British infiltrators easier to detect.

He pronounced "hand" as hænd rather than hɛənd, with no æ-tensing , so we knew to be suspicious of him.

by ___alphabet___ July 15, 2023