Long monophthongs NURSE/CURE

It was pointed out before that the vowel /з:/ is a relative newcomer into East Anglian English. Its phonetic realization is perhaps a little closer than in RP [з:]. It occurs in all items from the set of NURSE, but it also occurs in words from the CURE set that are descended from ME /iu/ or /eu/ before r, so that sure rhymes with her. Note also that, because of yod-dropping, the following are homophones in northern East Anglia: pure = purr, cure = cur, fury = furry.