Canadian raisings

A form of Canadian raising — The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially Canadian English, in which /aɪ/ is realized as [ʌɪ] and/or /aʊ/ is realized as [ʌʊ] or [ɛʊ] before underlying unvoiced consonants.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Canadian raising
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