<page_title> Phonological history of English diphthongs </page_title> <section_title> Mare–mayor merger </section_title> <table> <cell> mare <col_header> /eə/ </col_header> </cell> <cell> mayor <col_header> /eɪə/ </col_header> </cell> <cell> ˈmeə(r) <col_header> IPA </col_header> </cell> </table>
In Phonological history of English diphthongs varieties, mayor is pronounced /ˈmeə(r)/, homophonous with mare.