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minus-squareRetrograde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoBut why is it called schwa??
minus-squarePrandom_returns@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 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
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