Cot-Caught Merger

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This is about a linguistic merger that is spreading across the English-speaking world. This is called the cot-caught merger and is the merger of English [ɒ]* (short o in "lot" or "doll") and [ɔ:] ("aw" as in "call" or "thought").

*In most North American dialects, [ɒ] is pronounced as unrounded [ɑ] or even [ä].

Do you pronounce "cot" and "caught", "chock" and "chalk", and "collar" and "caller" the same? If the vowel is merged, how is it pronounced

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[Zero Kirby]

I've a Pacific Northwest accent, so yes, I suffer from these idiosyncrasies in my default voice.

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