From-rum merger

The from-rum merger refers to the use of the strut vowel rather than the lot vowel or thought vowel occurring in the words "of", "what", "was", "from", "somebody", "anybody", "everybody", "nobody" and for some speakers "because" and "want". In New England English the STRUT vowel is also used by some speakers in "got", "gotta", "gotten", "forgot", "forgotten", "hot" and "put".