Dialectal Variations

noun a person or thing that stops or halts

verb the action of bringing something to a halt or cessation

• The train will be making its th stopping at the next station.
• We're almost at our th stopping, so get ready to hop off.
• I always miss my th stopping because I never pay attention.
• Life is like a train with many stops, make sure to cherish each th stopping along the way.

noun a linguistic phenomenon where the sound represented by the letter 'yod' is omitted in pronunciation

verb to omit or drop the sound represented by the letter 'yod' in pronunciation

• The linguistic phenomenon known as yod dropping occurs in certain dialects of English.
• I noticed some yod dropping in his speech when he said 'tuna' instead of 'tune'.
• Yod dropping is when you drop the 'y' sound in words like 'new' or 'tune'.
• In the world of phonetics, yod dropping is a hot topic of debate among linguists.