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Comment author: [deleted] 04 August 2014 02:20:14PM 2 points [-]

In those examples "ir", "er" and "ur" are together the vowel "əː".

Not in American English.

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 August 2014 02:26:11PM 1 point [-]

It's true in the kind of English that Google speaks. Maybe Californian English?

Comment author: erratio 04 August 2014 03:12:13PM 1 point [-]

Google apparently speaks British/Australian/South African or Massachusetts English. In the majority of American and Canadian English "bird" is pronounced with an r-flavoured schwa.

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