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To: Bob Ireland; lyby

schwa

the most mid-central, lax vowel


2,490 posted on 08/16/2024 6:12:21 PM PDT by rx
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To: rx

lax vowel

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LOL - recalling jokes about that!

Yeah, schwa is often called a “lazy vowel sound” because it’s a soft, weak sound.


2,496 posted on 08/16/2024 6:43:43 PM PDT by lyby ("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
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