Position
Center the vowel and add a controlled r-coloring.
Phoneme ER
How to pronounce /ɝ/ (ER) in English
Center the vowel and add a controlled r-coloring. bird, word, turn are useful examples for locking in the sound.
How to articulate it
Typical mistake
It often loses the r-coloring or drifts toward /e/.
Example words
bird · word · turn
Typical error and minimal pairs
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