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[-] grozzle@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

it's normal for unstressed short vowels in English to all come out as a "schwa", which the most common phoneme of the language.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't pronunce any of those words like that. Maybe stadium I pronounce the same. Maybe.

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