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minus-square@paris@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish22•9 months agohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2907:_Schwa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zyRqILYM
minus-square@_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish29•edit-29 months agoThey’re all using only the ‘uh’ sound for every non-silent vowel in each word. That ‘uh’ sound is apparently called the schwa in linguistics. (edit: clarified after i had already hit the post button)
minus-square@Suburbanl3g3ndlinkEnglish6•9 months agoAll the vowels make an ‘uh’ sound when you read the sentence out loud
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2907:_Schwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zyRqILYM
I’m even more confused now…
They’re all using only the ‘uh’ sound for every non-silent vowel in each word.
That ‘uh’ sound is apparently called the schwa in linguistics.
(edit: clarified after i had already hit the post button)
All the vowels make an ‘uh’ sound when you read the sentence out loud