Re: Wy not UTAH?

"E. F. Hokie" <efhokie@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:58:55 -0700, Jefferson N. Glapski wrote...

What ... is a schwa?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa

In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa can mean the
following:

* An unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound in any language,
often but not necessarily a mid-central vowel. Such vowels are often
transcribed with the symbol <?>, regardless of their actual phonetic
value.

* The mid-central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the middle
of the vowel chart, stressed or unstressed. In IPA phonetic
transcription, it is written as the phone [?]. In this case the term
mid-central vowel may be used instead of schwa to avoid ambiguity.

* The Latin letter ? and the Cyrillic letter ? (see their respective
articles).

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