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How to pronounce “Beer”

/ɪə/

This page teaches controlled sound targets from our reviewed catalogue. It does not claim one universal whole-word IPA transcription: the sounds in a word can vary by speaker and target variety.

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/ɪə/

Received Pronunciation (British)

British NEAR vowel: glide from /ɪ/ toward schwa without adding a pronounced final /r/.

Common slip: No universal substitution is claimed; compare the recording with the target-accent reference.

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These synthesized voices are repeatable reference points, not a claim that every British or American speaker uses one identical form.

Reference: RP (Received Pronunciation)

“beer”

No R sound in “beer”? That’s correct: RP (Received Pronunciation)drops an R that isn’t followed by a vowel (“car” sounds like “cah”).

Reference: General American

“beer”

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