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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 31 points 6 months ago (11 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./

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

:confused Australian noises:

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 6 points 6 months ago

yup

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