On May 28, 2005, at 20:02, Pam Dotson wrote:
I think the IPA uses an upside-down lower-case "e" for this sound.
This is called a "schwa"....wow, the phonics I was taught in first
grade has paid off, other than reading well!
I never heard of the sound until I hit the first year of the U and the
phonetics course. And then, when the guy tried to explain it to us (it
doesn't exist in Polish), he said: "it's the sound you make when you
yawn, just shorter. And the position of all the speech organs is the
same. As a matter of fact, the best time to practice it by itself is
when you're trying to fall asleep; it's better than any sleeping pill"
Being a doubtful Thomas I tried it, and he was right... :)
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