The "hurry"–"furry" merger occurs when the vowel before intervocalic is merged with . That is particularly a feature in many dialects of North American English but not New York City English, Mid-Atlantic American English, older Southern American English, some speakers of Eastern New England English, and speakers of Southeastern New England English. Speakers with the merger pronounce "hurry" to rhyme with "furry" and "turret" to rhyme with "stir it". To occur, the merger requires the nurse mergers to be in full effect, which is the case outside the British Isles. In Scotland, "hurry" is a perfect rhyme of "furry" , and there is no merger merger since the vowel has never developed because of the lack of nurse mergers. That means that , and can all occur before both intervocalic and coda and so "fur", "fern", and "fir" have distinct vowels: .