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xkcd #2907: Schwa (imgs.xkcd.com)
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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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[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

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

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