Editing North American English (section)

==Phonology==
{{main|General American English}}
A majority of North American English (for example, in contrast to British English) includes phonological features that concern consonants, such as [[Rhoticity in English|rhoticity]] (full pronunciation of all {{IPA|/r/}} sounds), conditioned [[T-glottalization]] (with ''satin'' pronounced {{IPA|[ˈsæʔn̩]}}, not {{IPA|[ˈsætn̩]}}), [[flapping|T- and D-flapping]] (with ''metal'' and ''medal'' pronounced the same, as {{IPA|[ˈmɛɾɫ̩]}}), [[dark L|L-velarization]] (with ''filling'' pronounced {{IPA|[ˈfɪɫɪŋ]}}, not {{IPA|[ˈfɪlɪŋ]}}), as well as features that concern vowel sounds, such as various vowel mergers before {{IPA|/r/}} (so that, ''Mary'', ''marry'', and ''merry'' are all commonly [[homophone|pronounced the same]]), raising of pre-voiceless {{IPA|/aɪ/}} (with ''price'' and ''bright'' using a higher vowel sound than ''prize'' and ''bride''), the [[weak vowel merger]] (with ''affected'' and ''effected'' often pronounced the same), at least one of the {{sc2|LOT}} vowel mergers (the [[father–bother merger|{{sc2|LOT}}–{{Sc2|PALM}} merger]] is completed among virtually all Americans and the [[cot-caught merger|{{sc2|LOT}}–{{Sc2|THOUGHT}} merger]] among nearly half, while both are completed among virtually all Canadians), and [[yod-dropping]] (with ''tuesday'' pronounced {{IPA|/ˈtuzdeɪ/}}, not {{IPA|/ˈtjuzdeɪ/}}). The last item is more advanced in American English than Canadian English.