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020 OOR as in Poor
3: The 13 Compound Vowels: 8 Diphthongs, 5 Triphthongs
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The final lip diphthong is:
20 OOR as in “poor”.
This is the short monophthong “oo” as in “book” followed by the neutral vowel “uh” as in “actor”. For my U.K. students, I call this sound the “Carry On” vowel because so many characters in those old comedy movies could be frequently heard to exclaim: “OO-ER”.
Up Next in 3: The 13 Compound Vowels: 8 Diphthongs, 5 Triphthongs
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021 IRE as in Fire
The Triphthongs are nice and easy to close with - they are 5 of the diphthongs with the neutral vowel at the end:
EYE followed by uh gives us: IRE as in “fire”
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022 OUR as in Power
This triphthong can also be shortened to just AH as in o.u.r as in “are country” - the full sound is “our”: “our country”.
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023 OYER as in Employer v2
OYER as in “employer” is the OY sound followed by the neutral “uh”
