/ɔ:/ for door
- This sound is a long ‘o’ and it sounds a bit similar to the exclamation Spanish ‘oh’.
- In English words the sound is in: door, sure, shore (sea), paw (an animal’s foot),and boredom.
- The transcriptions of the words above are: /dɔ:/ /ʃɔ:/ /ʃɔ:/ / pɔ:/ /bɔ:dəm/
/ ɜ:/ for bird
- This sound is like a long schwa sound.
- In English words the sound is in: bird, heard, and murder.
- The transcriptions of the words above are: /bɜ:d/ /hɜ:d/ /’mɜ:də/