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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] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But why is it called schwa??

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

Phonetic names. If you were to call it "uh" it would be too ambiguous. Probably.