Thursday, June 09, 2005, 23:49 GMT
There is no merger of "cunt" and "can't" in AusE: the vowel in the latter is longer.
The NZ "sex"/"six" thing is a chain shift not a phonemic merger but I suspect that LOL was joking (note the name).
The NZ "sex"/"six" thing is a chain shift not a phonemic merger but I suspect that LOL was joking (note the name).