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<h1>Minimal Pairs – /e/ and /ɜː/ ("bet" and "Bert")</h1>

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<tr><td>bet</td><td>Bert</td></tr>
<tr><td>bed</td><td>bird</td></tr>
<tr><td>head</td><td>heard</td></tr>
<tr><td>ten</td><td>turn</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hell</td><td>hurl</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ben</td><td>burn</td></tr>
<tr><td>edge</td><td>urge</td></tr>
<tr><td>nest</td><td>nursed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ted</td><td>turd</td></tr>
<tr><td>bled</td><td>blurred</td></tr>
<tr><td>held</td><td>hurled</td></tr>
<tr><td>weld</td><td>world</td></tr>
<tr><td>west</td><td>worst</td></tr>
<tr><td>best</td><td>burst</td></tr>
<tr><td>well</td><td>whirl</td></tr>
<tr><td>end</td><td>earned</td></tr>
<tr><td>spend</td><td>spurned</td></tr>
<tr><td>kennel</td><td>kernel</td></tr>
<tr><td>wed</td><td>word</td></tr>
<tr><td>peck</td><td>perk</td></tr>

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