"Brit." vowel symbols in OED

Here's the list of phonetic and letter symbols and model words for General British vowels, which OED labels "Brit.":

phonetic symbol	letter symbol(s)	model word(s)
ɪ	ih	pit
iː	ee	bean
i	ee	happy
ɨ	ih	roses, business
ɛ	e	pet
æ	a	pat
ʌ	uh	butter
ɑː	ah	barn, palm
ɒ	o	pot
ɔː	or	born
ʊ	uh	put
uː	oo	goose
jʉ	jew	articulate
ə	ə	another (schwa)
əː	er	nurse
eɪ	ay	bay
ʌɪ	eye	buy
ɔɪ	oy	boy
aʊ	ow	mouth
əʊ	oh	goat
ɪə	ear	near
ɛə	air	pair
ʊə	oor	cure, jury
ɛ~	ah	fin de siècle (nasalized)*
œ	eur	boeuf, coeur
y	yew	French du
e	eh	French bébé
œ~	uh	French un (nasalized)*
ɑ~	oh	French franc (nasalized)*
ɔ~	oh	bon mot (nasalized)*

* placing the tilde beside the letter symbol instead of above it will not be the definitive way to indicate nasalisation in OED. Rumour has it that changes will be made in due time to conform to IPA conventions.
The same letter symbols are used for [ʌ] and [ʊ], and <oh> represents three sounds. Who needs these letter symbols anyway - cui bono? 

credit: Oxford University Press

BTW: There's a separate OUP webpage entitled 'Key to the pronunciation'; it lists different pronunciation descriptors than the ones I display above. Mine are taken from individual dictionary articles. The former seem to be codes for printers, e.g. {lm} for 'length mark' or {shti} for 'short i' (be careful when typing this code!) or {ope} for 'open e' meaning [ɛ].