Re: Warter, warter everywhere

Mike Wright wrote:
I tend to think of my "r" as a glide whenever it's not syllabic,

The glide in moor/Moore is spelt oor/oore, not spelt r/re.

and I feel the same way about the "y" in "you" and "hay".

How about the uir in Muir? Do you find it a glide from [i] to [u] to
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