Scene-machine merger

The scene-machine merger is the merger of /i/ and /ɪ̝ /. Some Scottish English speakers distinguish the vowels in "scene" /sin/, "complete" /kəmplit/, "seed" /sid/ and "seem" /sim/ from the vowel in "police" /pəlɪ̝ s/ and "machine". /ɪ̝/ is a vowel in between /ɪ/ and /i/.