Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

>
> << Also, I don't think I have [@] (or is that [2]?), I have [V]
> everywhere.
> At least, that's if IPA Help is anything to go by. >>
>
> Actually, what's the deal with schwa and carrot?  I asked two of my
> linguistics teachers, and all they can say is that carrot appears
> in stressed
> syllables; schwa does not.  That can't be the only difference, can it?
> Sometimes I pretend I can hear the difference, but it's hard to isolate...
>
> -David
>
Carrot? :) The Phonetic Symbol Guide calls it Wedge.
It also says that there are people who call the IPA symbol represented by
[U] Urn or Bucket!

I'm getting hungry

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