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randomaccount43543 OP ,

explainxkcd.com/2907

captainastronaut ,
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Thank you!

Nighed ,
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the link to the wikipedia page with the audio clip really helped, made no sense without that.

brbposting ,

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 ,

Where is the audio clip?

Nighed ,
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa

sanguinepar ,
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Never have I needed the explanation more than with this one.

ikidd ,
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I still have no clue.

Prandom_returns ,

Almost all of that conversation is using the “uh” as a ‘replacement’ for all the vowels.

Whuht’s Uhp, Duhg.

That “uh” sound is called “schwa”

Retrograde ,
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But why is it called schwa??

Prandom_returns ,

Phonetic names. If you were to call it “uh” it would be too ambiguous. Probably.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel

en.wikipedia.org/…/International_Phonetic_Alphabe…

ArtificialLink ,

This is straight up. Better explanation than the whole wicky article. Because the usage of schwa for “uh” had me confused as fuck.

thegreatgarbo ,

*schwa for “uh” * That’s all I needed to turn an incomprehensible explanation to “oh! Got it!”

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