horrible, quarrel, warren, as well as tomorrow, sorry, sorrow, generally use the sound sequence of , rather than . The latter set of words often distinguishes Canadian from American pronunciation. In Standard Canadian English, there is no distinction between ''horse'' and ''hoarse''.

Loanwords that have a low central vowel in their language of origin, such as ll'ama, pasta, and pyjamas, as well as place names like Gaza and Vietnam, tend to have , rather than