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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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[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 103 points 8 months ago

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I still have no clue.

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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"

[-] ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for "uh" had me confused as fuck.

[-] thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

schwa for “uh”

That's all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to "oh! Got it!"

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