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English Centring Diphthongs -   
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Words spelt with 'air' and 'are' are pronounced //
air chair fair hair pair stair
bare care dare fare mare pare rare
scare share spare square ware

Words spelt with 'eer' and 'ier' are pronounced //
beer cheer deer engineer peer queer
sheer steer bier fierce pier pierce 

Words spelt with 'ear' are variable: 
//: bear pear tear rífa wear
/i0/: dear clear ear fear gear hear near rear shear tear tár year 

Words spelt with 'eir' are variable: 
//: heir their	//: weir weird

Words spelt with 'ere' are variable: 
//: there where		//: here mere	

Others:
they're //   we're //	
idea //   hero //
mayor prayer /, / but payer //