darcy to Linguistics HumorEnglish · 2 years agoenglish languageimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
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minus-squarelugal@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThe joke is that many, if not most, English dialects merge /ʌ/ with schwa but insist that the sounds are different because schwa is never stressed
The joke is that many, if not most, English dialects merge /ʌ/ with schwa but insist that the sounds are different because schwa is never stressed