Gentrification
Monophthongization
Flatten
Dialect
Outdated
Dimmer switches
Influx
Linguistic
R-lessness
Tease out
Confounded
To improve or bring into being by small changes or touches.
Refers to something obsolete or out of date.
This is a fancy way of saying we drop the diphthongs.
It's definition is confused, perplexed.
It is a noun. A coming in.
It is a transitive verb. To make it level or smooth.
Of or relating to language or linguistics.
The process of making someone or something more refined, polite, or respectable.
A regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
Is used for changing headlamps from high beam to low beam.
A type of accent. The R gets dropped in several words.