Bare, bear and beer

Smith   Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 03:07 GMT
Do New Zealanders pronounce all three of these words the same way?
Logan   Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 12:07 GMT
Yes we do!
Logan   Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 12:11 GMT
some people might say 'beer' slightly differently but they are a minority
shoof   Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 15:33 GMT
What a strange people!
Logan   Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 16:13 GMT
I have heard that ours is the laziest English accent!
NZer   Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 06:43 GMT
there is a slight difference in some peoples pronunciation:

bare,bear- beh'yah
beer-bee'yah