Decoding exercises: "urr"

The letter U in the sequence "urr" normally sounds /ʌ/ in Received Pronunciation (as in hurry) and in derived words it sounds /ɜː/ as in furry.

In General American /ʌr/ normally sounds /ɜːr/. See IPA phoneme /ɜː/.

Common words

 * RP /ʌ/, GA /ɜː/: current, currency, hurry
 * RP and GA /ɜː/: occurred, occurring
 * As /ə/: surround

Less common words

 * RP /ʌ/, GA /ɜː/: burrow, burrowing, concurrence, concurrent, currant, curry, flurry, hurricane, recurrence, surreptitious, surrogate
 * RP and GA /ɜː/: blurred, blurring, blurry, concurred, concurring, furry, purr, purred, purring, recurred, recurring
 * As /ə/: curriculum, hurrah, insurrection, resurrection, surreal, surrender, surroundings
 * As /ʊ/: burrito

Homophones

 * currant - current