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xkcd #2907: Schwa
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Thank you!
the link to the wikipedia page with the audio clip really helped, made no sense without that.
I had no idea what the name of the sound was so I credit being a native speaker and reading the comic out loud with my understanding.
Do read it out loud - the more you exaggerate it the more fun it is.
Cannot believe how smart this guy is. If 10% of the planet were like Randall we would’ve cured cancer like the second time somebody got diagnosed with it.
Where is the audio clip?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa
Never have I needed the explanation more than with this one.
I still have no clue.
Almost all of that conversation is using the "uh" as a 'replacement' for all the vowels.
Whuht's Uhp, Duhg.
That "uh" sound is called "schwa"
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
This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for "uh" had me confused as fuck.
schwa for “uh”
That's all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to "oh! Got it!"