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Re: Schwa and [V]: Learning the IPA

From:Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 21:13
On 6/13/06, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote:

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> In my opinion, this is just another one of those IPA myths they've > cooked up (i.e., when stressed, the "schwa" vowel in English is [V]; > when unstressed, it's [@]; this is because schwa can never be > stressed in English). I believe it has no basis in reality whatsoever.
I agree. My last name has stressed [@]. So does the word that means "moody, petulant", and the word that means a two-wheeled cart used in a certain kind of horse racing. ---Larry Sulky