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minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t get it.
minus-squareparis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2907:_Schwa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zyRqILYM
minus-square_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-21 year 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-squareSuburbanl3g3ndlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAll the vowels make an ‘uh’ sound when you read the sentence out loud
I don’t get it.
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