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minus-squarePrandom_returns@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-21 年前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”
minus-squareRetrograde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 年前But why is it called schwa??
minus-squarePrandom_returns@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 年前Phonetic names. If you were to call it “uh” it would be too ambiguous. Probably. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
minus-squareArtificialLink@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for “uh” had me confused as fuck.
minus-squarethegreatgarbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 年前schwa for “uh” That’s all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to “oh! Got it!”
I still have no clue.
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”
But why is it called schwa??
Phonetic names. If you were to call it “uh” it would be too ambiguous. Probably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for “uh” had me confused as fuck.
schwa for “uh”
That’s all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to “oh! Got it!”