docs (en.md): document the Scottish NURSE vowel in the main rhotic vowel lexical set table.

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These are vowels that are followed by an `r` that is not part of the next syllable
when considering the root form of the word containing that vowel.
| Lexical Set | en | RP | GenAm |
|-------------|-------|-------|-------|
| NURSE | `3:` | ɜː | ɝ |
| START | `A@` | ɑː | ɑɹ |
| NORTH | `O@` | ɔː | ɔɹ |
| FORCE | `o@` | ɔː | oɹ |
| CURE | `U@` | ʊə̯ | ʊɹ |
| NEAR | `i@3` | ɪə̯ | ɪɹ |
| SQUARE | `e@` | eə̯ | ɛɹ |
| Lexical Set | en | en-GB-scotland | RP | GenAm | ScE |
|-------------|-------|----------------|-------|-------|-------|
| NURSE | `3:` | `VR` | ɜː | ɝ | ʌɾ |
| START | `A@` | `A@` | ɑː | ɑɹ | ɐ̟ɾ |
| NORTH | `O@` | `O@` | ɔː | ɔɹ | ɔɾ |
| FORCE | `o@` | `o@` | ɔː | oɹ | oɾ |
| CURE | `U@` | `U@` | ʊə̯ | ʊɹ | ʉɾ |
| NEAR | `i@3` | `i@3` | ɪə̯ | ɪɹ | iɾ |
| SQUARE | `e@` | `e@` | eə̯ | ɛɹ | eɾ |
__NOTE:__ `/i@3/` is used for the NEAR lexical set to differentiate it from
`/i@/` used in words like `million`.
Additionally, espeak-ng has the following phonemes for different accents:
| Lexical Set | en | en-GB-scotland | RP | ScE |
|-------------|-------|----------------|-------|-------|
| NURSE | `3:` | `VR` | ɜː | ʌɾ |
| TERM | `3:` | `3:` | ɜː | ɛɾ |
| BIRD | `3:` | `IR` | ɜː | ɪɾ |
| Lexical Set | en | en-GB-scotland | RP | GenAm | ScE |
|-------------|-------|----------------|-------|-------|-------|
| TERM | `3:` | `3:` | ɜː | ɝ | ɛɾ |
| BIRD | `3:` | `IR` | ɜː | ɝ | ɪɾ |
### Reduced Vowels