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The symbol /ɜ/ (a 'turned [[epsilon]]') is used in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] to represent the 'open-mid front unrounded vowel': the sound heard characteristically in 'g'''e'''t', 'th'''e'''n' and 'b'''e'''d'.
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The symbol /ɜ/ (a 'turned [[epsilon]]') is used in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] to represent the 'open-mid central unrounded vowel': the sound heard characteristically in 'f'''i'''r' (and 'f'''u'''r'), 't'''ur'''n' (and 't''''er'''n').
  
It is usually written with a single '''e''; but
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It may be represented by many spellings,
*quite often the /É›/ sound is represented by an '''-ea-''' (e.g. 'd'''ea'''f', 'br'''ea'''d', 'alr'''ea'''dy', 'w'''ea'''ther'  and 'pl'''ea'''sure';
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*sometimes it is written with '''-ai-''', as in 's'''ai'''d' and 'ag'''ai'''nst' (and in some accents 'ag'''ai'''n' and 's'''ay'''s');
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*sometimes it is written with '''-ei-''', as in 'l'''ei'''sure', [[lieutenant|'l'''ie'''utenant']] and 'h'''ei'''fer';
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*occasionally with an '-a-' (e.g. <nowiki>'</nowiki>'''a'''ny' a,d 'm'''a'''ny';
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*and with an '-eo-' in 'j'''eo'''pardy', a '-u-' in 'b'''u'''ry' and an '-ie-' in 'fr'''ie'''nd'
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[[Category:vowels]]
 
[[Category:vowels]]

Revision as of 21:20, 27 July 2011

For a note on how AWE organizes its group of articles on vowels, basically by aspects of sound and of writing, see category:vowels.

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The symbol /ɜ/ (a 'turned epsilon') is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the 'open-mid central unrounded vowel': the sound heard characteristically in 'fir' (and 'fur'), 'turn' (and 't'ern').

It may be represented by many spellings,