trap-bath split

The extent to which the trap-bath split has taken hold is one example.

This pronunciation is found in the words that were affected by the trap-bath split.

The trap-bath split is partially in effect in Australian English.

The trap-bath split does not exist in Kenyan English.

For more details see Trap-bath split.

The absence of this split is a less common feature of educated Northern English speech than the absence of the trap-bath split.

Like English in southern England, such as London, South African English is non-rhotic (except for some Afrikaans-influenced speakers, see below) and features the trap-bath split.

Among the more significant recent changes to the language have been the development of rhotic and non-rhotic accents (i.e. "r-dropping"); the trap-bath split in many dialects of British English; and flapping of t and d between vowels in American English and Australian English.