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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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    Took me a goddamn while. Goddamn English and the lack of phonetic spelling!

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      I was a little slow too because some of those words have other possible pronunciations

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        Which is why we shouldn’t have phonetic spelling!

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