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

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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

:confused Australian noises:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

yup

[–] [email protected] 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.