Wiktionary:Votes/2023-12/Represent the GenAm NURSE and STRUT vowels as schwa

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Represent the GenAm NURSE and STRUT vowels as schwa[edit]

Voting on:

  • When providing modern (General American) pronunciations, writing the STRUT vowel as /ə/ (instead of /ʌ/), and the NURSE vowel as /ɚ/ or /əɹ/ (instead of /ɜ(ː)/~/ɝ/).
  • Ideally, also recording the historical pronunciation (as /ʌ/ and /ɝ/, respectively) with some appropriate qualifier like (older General American).
  • To be determined before starting this vote: should we also represent these vowels as schwa for British English, like the OED does for nurse?

Discussion:

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Decision[edit]