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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!"