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

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

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[–] Nighed@sffa.community 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

the link to the wikipedia page with the audio clip really helped, made no sense without that.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

I had no idea what the name of the sound was so I credit being a native speaker and reading the comic out loud with my understanding.

Do read it out loud - the more you exaggerate it the more fun it is.

Cannot believe how smart this guy is. If 10% of the planet were like Randall we would’ve cured cancer like the second time somebody got diagnosed with it.