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

submitted 6 months ago by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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

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[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't a lot of these use the "strut" vowel (/ʌ/) and not schwa (/ə/) per se?

My transcription would be

/wʌts ʌp? wʌz dʌg gənə kʌm? dʌg lʌvz bɹʌntʃ. nʌʔʌ dʌgz stʌk kəz əv ə tʌnəl əbstɹʌkʃən. ə tɹʌk dʌmpt ə tʌn əv ʌnjənz. ʊχ./

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

They merge in many accents merge these two sounds as Dr Geoff Lindsey explains here.

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