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

submitted 8 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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[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Almost all of that conversation is using the "uh" as a 'replacement' for all the vowels.

Whuht's Uhp, Duhg.

That "uh" sound is called "schwa"

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But why is it called schwa??

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Phonetic names. If you were to call it "uh" it would be too ambiguous. Probably.

[–] ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for "uh" had me confused as fuck.

[–] thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

schwa for “uh”

That's all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to "oh! Got it!"