the link to the wikipedia page with the audio clip really helped, made no sense without that.
Comment on xkcd #2907: Schwa
randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nighed@sffa.community 6 months ago
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I had no idea what the name of the sound was so I credit being a native speaker and reading the comic out loud with my understanding.
Do read it out loud - the more you exaggerate it the more fun it is.
Cannot believe how smart this guy is. If 10% of the planet were like Randall we would’ve cured cancer like the second time somebody got diagnosed with it.
ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 6 months ago
Where is the audio clip?
Nighed@sffa.community 6 months ago
sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Never have I needed the explanation more than with this one.
ikidd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I still have no clue.
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Almost all of that conversation is using the “uh” as a ‘replacement’ for all the vowels.
Whuht’s Uhp, Dugh.
That “uh” sound is called “shwa”
Retrograde@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But why is it called schwa??
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Phonetic names. If you were to call it “uh” it would be too ambiguous. Probably.
ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 6 months ago
This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for “uh” had me confused as fuck.
thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
*schwa for “uh” * That’s all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to “oh! Got it!”
captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 6 months ago
Thank you!