southern drawls

A form of southern drawl — The diphthongization or triphthongization of the vowels /æ/, /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ into [æj(ə)], [ɛj(ə)] and [ɪj(ə)], occurring in English spoken in the Southern United States.

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Meanings

southern drawls1

noun
  1. pluralplural of southern drawl

Southern drawls2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Southern drawl
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