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The environment before prevocalic R features several mergers characteristic of many North American accents. These include NEARER/MIRROR, MARY/MERRY/MARRY, FURRY/HURRY, and SORRY/WARRING. Speakers with the HORSE/HOARSE merger also merge STORY/WARRING, giving a three-way SORRY/WARRING/STORY merger for North American speaker. Many British speakers merger JURY/STORY.

Most North American speakers, but very few others, merge NEARER/MIRROR and at least two of MARY/MERRY/MARRY.