Re: Schwa and [V]: Learning the IPA
| From: | Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 21:13 |
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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