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xkcd #2907: Schwa (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Doug's cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm even more confused now...

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're all using only the 'uh' sound for every non-silent vowel in each word.

That 'uh' sound is apparently called the schwa in linguistics.

(edit: clarified after i had already hit the post button)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

All the vowels make an 'uh' sound when you read the sentence out loud