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xkcd #2907: Schwa (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 8 months ago by randomaccount43543 to c/xkcd

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Doug's cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

For me it's more like
/wɒts ʌp? wɒz dʌg gənə kʌm? dʌg lʌvz bɹʌnʧ. nɜːʔɜː dʌgz stʌk kʌz ɒv ə tʌnəl əbstɹʌkʃən. ə tɹʌk dʌmpt ə tʌn ɒv ʌnjənz. əχ./

(Gimsonian, anyway, I like the newer, more logical style that would have nurse be /nəːs/)