bad-lad split English

Meaning bad-lad split meaning

What does bad-lad split mean?

bad-lad split properNoun

— (phonology) a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æː/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which "bad" is pronounced /bæːd/ and "lad" is pronounced /læd/