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English Centring Diphthongs - 
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Words spelt with 'air' and 'are' are pronounced /
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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 /
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beer cheer deer engineer peer queer
sheer steer bier fierce pier pierce
Words spelt with 'ear' are variable:
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/: bear pear tear rífa wear
/i0/: dear clear ear fear gear hear near rear shear tear tár year
Words spelt with 'eir' are variable:
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/: heir their /
/: weir weird
Words spelt with 'ere' are variable:
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/: there where /
/: here mere
Others:
they're /

/ we're /

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idea /




/ hero /





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mayor prayer /

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/ but payer /


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