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Poccasin English is notable among most standard dialects of English for largely resisting the [[w:English-language vowel changes before historic /r/#Horse–hoarse merger|{{sc|horse}}-{{sc|hoarse}} merger]], (also called the {{sc|north}}-{{sc|force}} merger) instead pronouncing the {{sc|horse}} class as /ɔɹ/ (occasionally in some working class accents as /oə̯/ or /oi̯/) and the {{sc|hoarse}} set as /uɹ/, which is contrasted with the /ʊər/ diaphoneme that is always pronounced non-rhotically as /uə̯/ or /ua̯/. The only exception to this rule is the conjunction {{l|en|or}}, which is largely always pronounced /ɔ~o/. | Poccasin English is notable among most standard dialects of English for largely resisting the [[w:English-language vowel changes before historic /r/#Horse–hoarse merger|{{sc|horse}}-{{sc|hoarse}} merger]], (also called the {{sc|north}}-{{sc|force}} merger) instead pronouncing the {{sc|horse}} class as /ɔɹ/ (occasionally in some working class accents as /oə̯/ or /oi̯/) and the {{sc|hoarse}} set as /uɹ/, which is contrasted with the /ʊər/ diaphoneme that is always pronounced non-rhotically as /uə̯/ or /ua̯/. The only exception to this rule is the conjunction {{l|en|or}}, which is largely always pronounced /ɔ~o/. | ||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
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Poccasin English incorporates various coinages and loanwords that are unique to the dialect or are only relevant in the context of the Poccasin Federation or Archipelago. These lexico-semantic innovations tend to have variable, unstandardised and typically eye dialect spellings. | Poccasin English incorporates various coinages and loanwords that are unique to the dialect or are only relevant in the context of the Poccasin Federation or Archipelago. These lexico-semantic innovations tend to have variable, unstandardised and typically eye dialect spellings. | ||
* '''''Cassinglish''''': the endonym of Poccasin English, most commonly used among Poccasin English speakers themselves to refer to the dialect. Compound of ''(Po)ccasin'' + ''English''. | * '''''Cassinglish''''': the endonym of Poccasin English, most commonly used among Poccasin English speakers themselves to refer to the dialect. Compound of ''(Po)ccasin'' + ''English''. | ||