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Southern drawl

Meaning

Noun

In Phonetics:
The
or triphthongisation of the
/æ/, /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ into [æj(ə)], [ɛj(ə)] and [ɪj(ə)],
in English spoken in the Southern United States.
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