@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoxkcd #2907: Schwaimgs.xkcd.commessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1587file-text
arrow-up1587imagexkcd #2907: Schwaimgs.xkcd.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•8 months agohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2907:_Schwa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zyRqILYM
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•edit-28 months agoThey’re all using only the ‘uh’ sound for every non-silent vowel in each word. That ‘uh’ sound is apparently called the schwa in linguistics. (edit: clarified after i had already hit the post button)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months agoAll the vowels make an ‘uh’ sound when you read the sentence out loud
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2907:_Schwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zyRqILYM
I’m even more confused now…
They’re all using only the ‘uh’ sound for every non-silent vowel in each word.
That ‘uh’ sound is apparently called the schwa in linguistics.
(edit: clarified after i had already hit the post button)
All the vowels make an ‘uh’ sound when you read the sentence out loud