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

submitted 7 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] 31 points 7 months ago (11 children)

Don't a lot of these use the "strut" vowel (/ʌ/) and not schwa (/ə/) per se?

My transcription would be

/wʌts ʌp? wʌz dʌg gənə kʌm? dʌg lʌvz bɹʌntʃ. nʌʔʌ dʌgz stʌk kəz əv ə tʌnəl əbstɹʌkʃən. ə tɹʌk dʌmpt ə tʌn əv ʌnjənz. ʊχ./

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Australian version is similar:

/wɒts ʌp? wʌz dʌg gənə kʌm? dʌg lʌvz bɹʌntʃ. nʌʔʌ dʌgz stʌk kəz ɒv ə tʌnəl ɒbstɹʌkʃən. ə tɹʌk dʌmpt ə tʌn ɒv ʌnjənz. əχ./

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Dann y'all are good at IPA

One day I'll learn it, after I learn the NATO phonetic alphabet, dvorak typing, and Morse code.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It helps when most of the vowels are the same and most other letters match their English counterparts lol.

In case you get the urge to learn sooner:

Here are some quick refs for consonants and vowels in English (RP = received pronunciation (a standardized form of English from the UK), GA = General American). Wikipedia pages for specific English dialects (e.g., Australian English) also contain a bunch of word/IPA pairs. Here are audio charts for vowels and consonants.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Start with dvorak. It’ll ruin you best. You’ll be that person to your it department

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