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==Before r==
Before r the vowels never actually say their name (except in the case of /aɪə/); however there are useful phonograms
{|class="prettytable"
!Two vowels + r!!Phoneme!!As a phonogram!!Examples!!Exceptions 
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|aar||/ɑː/||Useless: too few examples||aardvark - bazaar||
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|aer||/eə/||Useless: too few examples||aerobic - aeroplane - aeronautical||
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|air||/eə/||Useful||air - chair - dairy - fair - fairy - hair - pair - stair||
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|aor||N/A|| || ||/eɪɔːr/: aorta
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|aur||/ɔː/||Useful only because it coincides with first table; too few examples||dinosaur - aurora||
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|ear||/ɪə/||Useful, but with a lot of exceptions||beard - clear - dear - ear - fear - gear /gɪər/ - hear - near - rear - tear (teardrop)||/eə/:  bear - pear - swear - tear (verb) - wear
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|eer||/ɪə/||Useful, few examples||beer - career - engineer - pioneer - volunteer||''comparatives:'' freer
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|eir||N/A||Few examples|| ||/ɪə/: weird
/eə/: heir - their
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|eor||N/A||Two different syllables|| ||meteor - theory - theorem
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|eur||/(j)ʊə/||Useful, few examples||Europe - neuron - neurotic||/ə/: amateur
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|iar||/aɪə/||Few examples, many exceptions||diary - friar - liar||caviar - peculiar - patriarch - subsidiary
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|ier||/aɪə, ɪə/||Complex rule||/aɪə/: plier
/ɪə/: tier
|''Comparatives:'' /iːə/ easier
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|iir||N/A|| || ||
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|ior||N/A||Two syllables || ||/iːə/ junior - senior - superior - warrior
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|iur||N/A|| || ||
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|oar||/ɔː/||Useful||aboard - boar - board - coarse - oar - roar||
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|oer||N/A||Two syllables|| ||coerce - doer - goer
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|oir||N/A|| || ||choir - memoir
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|oor||N/A||Few examples|| ||/ɔː/: door - floor - poor
/ʊə/: poor
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|our||/aʊə/||Useful, many exceptions||hour - our - sour||/ɔː/: pour
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|uar||N/A|| || ||/ɔː/: quart
/ɑː/: guard
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|uer||/(j)uːə/||Useful||arguer - bluer||
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|uir||/waɪə/||Only preceded by "q"||enquire - require||/wɪ, wɜː/: squirrel
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|uor||N/A|| || ||fluorine - liquor
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|uur||N/A|| || ||
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