Scottish English vowels[21] (many individual words do not correspond) Pure vowels Help key Scottish English Examples /ɪ/ [ë̞~ɪ] bid, pit /iː/ [i] bead, peat /ɛ/ [ɛ~ɛ̝] bed, pet /eɪ/ [e(ː)] bay, hey, fate /æ/ [ä] bad, pat /ɑː/ balm, father, pa /ɒ/ [ɔ] bod, pot, cot /ɔː/ bawd, paw, caught /oʊ/ [o(ː)] road, stone, toe /ʊ/ [ʉ] good, foot, put /uː/ booed, food /ʌ/ [ʌ~ɐ] bud, putt Diphthongs /aɪ/ [ɐi~ɜi~əi] buy, ride, write /aʊ/ [ɐʉ~ɜʉ~əʉ] how, pout /ɔɪ/ [oi] boy, hoy /juː/ [jʉ] hue, pew, new R-coloured vowels (these do not exist in Scots) /ɪr/ [ɪɹ] or [ɪɾ] mirror, fir, thirst /ɪər/ [i(ː)ə̞ɹ] or [iəɾ] beer, mere /ɛr/ [ɛ̝ɹ] or [ɛ̝ɾ] berry, merry (also in her) /ɛər/ [e(ː)ə̞ɹ] or [eəɾ] bear, mare, Mary /ær/ [ä(ː)ɹ] or [äɾ] barrow, marry /ɑːr/ bar, card /ɒr/ [ɔ(ː)ɹ] or [ɔɾ] moral, forage /ɔːr/ born, for /ɔər/ [oː(ə̞)ɹ] or [oɾ] boar, four, more /ʊər/ [ʉɹ] or [ʉɾ] boor, moor /ʌr/ [ʌɹ] or [ʌɾ] hurry, Murray (also in fur) /ɜːr/ 3-way distinction: [ɪɹ], [ɛ̝ɹ], [ʌɹ]; or [ɪɾ], [ɛ̝ɾ], [ʌɾ] bird, herd, furry Reduced vowels /ə/ [ə] Rosa's, cuppa /ər/ [əɹ] or [əɾ] runner, mercer