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Nick † Wright
@nickwrightdata.ntw.app

-Whət's əp? Wəs Dəg gənə cəm? Dəg ləvs brənch. -Nə ə, dəg's stəck 'cəs əf ə tənnəl əbstrəctiən. ə trəck dəmpd ə tən əf əniəns. -əgh. (The schwa, represented by the 'ə' character, is one sound--essentially "uh". Almost every vowel sound in the above exchange is an "uh" sound.)

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Jenny Griffee
@jgriffee.bsky.social

That’s a great video! I was thinking about this issue the other day when it comes to how we pronounce “the.” Such a basic building block of the language, but we’ll still say it two different ways, depending, and usually it’s the schwa version unless we really want to emphasize something.