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xkcd #2907: Schwa (imgs.xkcd.com)

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

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[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

You use the same vowel for 'what' as you do for 'up'?

:confused Australian noises:

[-] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

yup

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oh you're Australian. Yeah, most dialects in the US say "what" and "up" with a schwa.

Wut up. The 'u' vowel sound in "up" is the same one in "what" in most American dialects.

The schwa is the same vowel sound in duzza. Wuzza uppa.

[-] mihnt@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

whut?

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