{"id":4372,"date":"2021-04-06T16:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T23:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2021-04-12T08:55:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:55:31","slug":"the-ear-diphthong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/the-ear-diphthong\/","title":{"rendered":"British English: The &#8220;Ear&#8221; Diphthong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diphthongs are sounds that contain two sounds within one syllable. If you were to clap for each syllable while you say these words, the diphthong would be part of just one clap. Let&#8217;s discuss a uniquely British English diphthong, the &#8220;ear&#8221; diphthong.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To make the \/\u026a\u0259\/ sound, you will need to know how to make the separate sounds of \/\u026a\/ as in \u201cfish\u201d and \u201cpin\u201d ,and \/\u0259\/, <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4341&amp;preview=true\">the schwa sound<\/a>, shortly after each other. In a diphthong, the sound slides from the one sound, in this case the \/\u026a\/ to the \/\u0259\/. You may notice that your mouth closes slightly and your lips move slightly forward as the vowel sound changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The &#8220;ear&#8221; diphthong (\/\u026a\u0259\/) is commonly heard in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/learn-how-to-speak-with-a-british-accent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British English.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0In contrast, very few American dialects use this sound at all. For example, note how these words with the the \u026a\u0259 diphthong are pronounced as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/r-controlled-vowels\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cr-controlled vowels\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in American English:<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4372-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/british-american-ear.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/british-american-ear.m4a\">https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/british-american-ear.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em><strong>Ear <\/strong><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u026a\u0259\/ in British English.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u026ar\/ in American English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Near <\/strong><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/n\u026a\u0259\/ in British English\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/n\u026ar\/ in American English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Here<\/strong><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/h\u026a\u0259\/ in British English\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/h\u026ar\/ in American English<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Need help?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more on diphthongs, check out these articles:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4462&amp;preview=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduction To Diphthongs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/the-oy-diphthong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u0254\u026a\/ (Choice\/Voice\/Noise)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4452&amp;preview=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/e\u026a\/ (Face\/Make\/Cake)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4450&amp;preview=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/a\u026a\/ (Rice\/Die\/Bike)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/the-oh-diphthong-as-in-no\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/o\u028a\/ (No, Low,Go)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/the-cow-diphthong-sound\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/a\u028a\/ (Out\/Cow\/South)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/british-english-the-air-diphthong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/e\u0259\/ (Bear, Square, Mare)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (British English)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you need a little more help with your pronunciation?\u00a0 To learn more about English pronunciation, get needed feedback and practice in conversation, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">join SpeakUp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a dynamic program that engages you in authentic conversations on relevant topics and provides you with feedback from a professional and experienced English teacher.\u00a0 In fact, the first week is free for you to try it out!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diphthongs are sounds that contain two sounds within one syllable. If you were to clap for each syllable while you say these words, the diphthong would be part of just one clap. Let&#8217;s discuss a uniquely British English diphthong, the &#8220;ear&#8221; diphthong. To make the \/\u026a\u0259\/ sound, you will need to know how to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":4373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-pronunciation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>British English: The &quot;Ear&quot; Diphthong - SpeakUp resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The &quot;ear&quot; diphthong (\/\u026a\u0259\/) is unique to British English, in contrast to the American R-controlled vowel. 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