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Since the word "blue" has a long U, the simplest ones are bluebird and blue jay.
Yes. Both worm and bird have an R-shaped, short U sound (uhr). It is called a caret U and in US pronunciation is virtually the same as the short U.
The E in her is called a caret U (ur), which is very close to a short U sound. The sound is also heard in the words burr, bird, were, word, and herd.
No. The sound is called a long OO or long U, as in blue, sue, do, and two.
The UE vowel pair has the long U (long OO) vowel sound, as in blue and glue.
Yes. The EW has the long OO sound as seen in long U (long OO) words such as true and blue (blew).
The rhyming words urn, burn, spurn, and churn, obviously, and the words fern, learn, stern, and yearn have the same vowel sound. But other words have the "caret U" sound of a short U followed by an R. They include germ, kernel, bird, were, and her (also herd and heard).
No. The EW pair in blew has the long OO vowel sound (long U), as in blue and bloom.
The rhyming words curd, heard, herd, nerd, stirred, and third have the same vowel sound. But other words also have the "caret U" sound of a short U followed by an R. They include germ, fern, learn, kernel, were, and her.
The bird name (the noun "dove") has a short U (duv), rhyming with love and shove.The verb dove (past tense of to dive) has a long O sound, to rhyme with cove and wove.
The EA pair in "earth" has the sound of a short U, or more particularly a caret U, which is followed by an R. It rhymes with birth, girth, mirth, and worth. Other words that have the (uhr) sound are bird, curl, burn, stern, and dirt.
Yes...words that sound alike typically do. Like YOU and DO or SUCK and LUCK