- the A in about
- the E in bet
- the A in pay
- the UR in purple or the IR in bird, usually followed by an [ɹ]
- the I in machine
- the I in big
- the O in toe - the O in cost
- the OO in cool
- the OO in good
- the U in bug
*R-colored (rhotic) vowels:
- the OR in work
- the ER in butter