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Notes about En:[/b](3)
It is the [/size][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel][u][size=25][color:30c4=#0000ff]vowels[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] that differ most from region to region.
Where symbols appear in pairs, the first corresponds to American English, [/size][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American][u][size=25][color:30c4=#0000ff]General American[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] accent; the second corresponds to British English, [/size][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation][u][size=25][color:30c4=#0000ff]Received Pronunciation[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].
1-This sound only occurs in non-rhotic accents. In some accents, this sound may be /ɔː/ instead of /ʊə/. See [/size][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_r][u][size=25][color:30c4=#0000ff]English-language vowel changes before historic r[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].
2-This sound only occurs in non-rhotic accents. In some accents, the schwa offglide of /ɛə/ may be dropped, monophthising and lengthening the sound to /ɛː/. [/size]
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