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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] 15 points 8 months ago

I came here to say this. A bunch of these vowels are definitely pronounced with a wedge. Even tried intentionally pronuncing the stressed vowels with a schwa, and it's noticeably, jarringly off.