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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•8 months agothe link to the wikipedia page with the audio clip really helped, made no sense without that.
minus-squareSanguineParlinkfedilinkEnglish15•8 months agoNever have I needed the explanation more than with this one.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-28 months agoAlmost all of that conversation is using the “uh” as a ‘replacement’ for all the vowels. Whuht’s Uhp, Duhg. That “uh” sound is called “schwa”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•8 months agoPhonetic names. If you were to call it “uh” it would be too ambiguous. Probably. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoThis is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for “uh” had me confused as fuck.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-28 months agoschwa for “uh” That’s all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to “oh! Got it!”
https://explainxkcd.com/2907
Thank you!
the link to the wikipedia page with the audio clip really helped, made no sense without that.
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Where is the audio clip?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa
Never have I needed the explanation more than with this one.
I still have no clue.
Almost all of that conversation is using the “uh” as a ‘replacement’ for all the vowels.
Whuht’s Uhp, Duhg.
That “uh” sound is called “schwa”
But why is it called schwa??
Phonetic names. If you were to call it “uh” it would be too ambiguous. Probably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for “uh” had me confused as fuck.
schwa for “uh”
That’s all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to “oh! Got it!”