Ted Power

English diphthongs – /ʊə/ as in tour

Word list with the vowel sound as in the word "poor".

The eight English diphthongs

Diphthong in tour as in "tour", "poor" (talking posh!) or the first syllable of "tourist".

Words with a common or rhyming diphthong as the final sound

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