How to Pronounce Ear, Air, Are, Or, Ire, Our, Tour: R-Diphthongs, R-Controlled Vowels (American) 

Yes, that's a tough one for a lot of people. Here's my video on "ear" vs. "year:" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XDZPb8VwXrY.html

@@SpeechModification Thank you very much!

Thank you for your kindness.

Glad it was helpful!

Hi, yes, /aɪr/, /aʊr/ and /ur/ are sometimes considered triphthongs in American English.

There are NO triphthongs in GenAm English

@@tricky_english really?

@@defabc1169 Yes. There are ONLY 4 diphthongs in GenAm English, /ɛi/ the combination of the short Ee and the long Ee /ɑi/ the combination of the short Oo and the long Ee /oi/ the combination of the long Oo and the long Ee and /ɑu/ the combination of the short Oo and the long Uu as in FOOD. The Rr and Ll can be both consonants and vowels in SSBE, British English. I suggest you don’t learn different IPA symbols, you get more confused 🫤. I suggest using the respelling, like ay ee ahy oh oo ah uh ohy ahw…

It's /eɪ/ not /ɛ/, but when we have the diphthong "air" we just have /er/.

/e/

You might find this video helpful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o9KIIPsQtnw.html

The ai in air says /ɛi/ as in rain

Hi, here are a couple: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vSooJdQNmic.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-onJhLq-KLnE.html

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Thank for the feedback, Dana! I appreciate your continued support.

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks, I agree, /r/ is very challenging!

Great! Thanks for watching!

Here's more on that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o9KIIPsQtnw.html

I'm not sure how they make those choices, sorry. You could write to someone at the dictionary.

Hi, would you like a video for pronouncing the words "comparative" and "superlative?"

@@SpeechModification yes, please 💐

Okay, I can cover them in a future class.

@@SpeechModification Thanks a bunch 💐

Hi, I'll be covering your words on Tuesday: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wXhOwEBOvZ0.html

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Hi, I use /ɛ/ for the sound of the first letter E in "preference, delegate." The second letter e is /ə/ and sounds like "uh. I use /er/ for "air." /e/ by itself isn't actually part of English, we only use it in the diphthongs /eɪ/ and /er/. You might want to look at different dictionaries to see how they mark their sounds. Also dictionaries will have a guide to pronunciation symbols to show you what they use for which sounds. Some use /e/ to represent /ɛ/, the vowel in "red."

@@SpeechModification thank you for explanation