Definition of Bad-lad split

1. Noun. (linguistics) a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æ?/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which "bad" is pronounced /bæ?d/ and "lad" is pronounced /læd/ ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bad-lad Split

baculiform
baculine
baculite
baculites
baculoviral
baculoviridae
baculovirus
baculoviruses
baculums
bad
bad-boy
bad-faith
bad-lad split (current term)
bad-mannered
bad-minded
bad-mouth
bad-mouthed
bad-mouthing
bad-mouths
bad-talk
bad-tempered
bad apple
bad apples
bad bank
bad banks
bad beat
bad beats

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