Assertion: vowel | /r/HasProperty | the same
Facets:
value: especially
type: DEGREE
value: as in boot
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: If two vowels in a row are the same, as in boot or beer, then it's not a diphthong.
text: Elision of vowels often occurs across word boundaries when a word ending with a vowel is followed by a word beginning with a vowel, especially when the two vowels are the same, or when one is /i/.
text: When both vowels are the same, one will be elided.
text: As a result of this merger, the vowels in words like fir, fur, and fern are the same in almost all modern accents of English; the exceptions are Scottish English and some varieties of Irish English.