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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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[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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

:confused Australian noises:

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh you're Australian. Yeah, most dialects in the US say "what" and "up" with a schwa.

Wut up. The 'u' vowel sound in "up" is the same one in "what" in most American dialects.

The schwa is the same vowel sound in duzza. Wuzza uppa.

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 6 points 8 months ago

yup

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

whut?