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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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    I’m even more confused now…

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      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)

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      All the vowels make an ‘uh’ sound when you read the sentence out loud

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