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randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

xkcd #2907: Schwa

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xkcd #2907: Schwa

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randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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https://xkcd.com/2907

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Doug’s cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.

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    But why is it called schwa??

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      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

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