diphthongs e

pronunciation
Southern British English (RP)
(c) 2012 Martin Harris
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/'(/ words
ear, fear, rear, gear, near, year, tear (=water from eye)
here, hear deer, dear, dearly
real, really clear, clearly
we're, weird, beard
beer, freer, seer, cheer, cheers!
earring, hearing, sincere, career
/)(/ words (most modern speakers now say /*+/&
pure, sure, cure, tour, insecure, tourist, jury, manure
/e(/ words (often reduced to /e+/&
air, there, their where, wear
Claire, stair, pair, pear, bear
share, square, care, chair, hair, tear (=rip)
aeroplane, airport
rare, rarely fair, fairly
,ound pairs
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hear hair chair cheer
cheers chairs stairs steers
beer bear stared steered
ear air dairy deary
pier pear airing earring
clear Claire rarely really
spear spare wary weary
beard bared fair fear
tear
(=water from eye)
tear
(=rip)
care Kier
-ow try these sentences
/'(/
I can hear you clearly.
Thans for the beer. Cheers!
!here's my beer" It's not here!
!e're near the summit. The atmosphere here is #ery clear.
/)(/
$re you sure the tourist is cured"
I'm sure the manure is pure.
/e(/
Claire has fair hair.
It's not fair I can't eat dairy products!
!ould you care for a pear"
$eroplanes land in the airport o#er there.
/'(/ /)(/ /e(/ mixed sentences
Kier has a fear of aeroplanes.
%e careful! $ pair of bears li#es near here. Is that clear"
If she tears her dress on the stairs, I'm sure there'll be tears.
&ere's where the really weird and insecure man with the
hairy beard li#es.
Check where the son!s were"
/'(/
I can hear you clearly.
Thans for the beer. Cheers!
!here's my beer" It's not here!
!e're near the summit. The atmosphere here is #ery clear.
/)(/
$re you sure the tourist is cured"
I'm sure the manure is pure.
/e(/
Claire has fair hair.
It's not fair I can't eat dairy products!
!ould you care for a pear"
$eroplanes land in the airport o#er there.
/'(/ /)(/ /e(/
K'(r has a f'(r of e(roplanes.
%e ce(ful! $ pe(r of be(s li#es n'( h'(. Is that cl'("
If she te(s her dress on the ste(s, I'm s)( there'll be t'(s.
&'('s we( the r'(lly w'(d and insec)( man with the
he(ry b'(d li#es.
DO NOT
PRONOUNCE
THE FINAL R !
DO NOT
PRONOUNCE
THE FINAL R !