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From: Ben Sauvin <sauvin@csql.mv.com>
Subject: Re: Why is a SCHWA ?
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Leland Bryant Ross wrote:
> 
> In a previous article, Bob.Crofoot@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Jon Robert Crofoot) says:
> 
> >   Bill, you have been misled. The schwa is not the
> >"i"-sound in PIN nor the "e"-sound in HAPPEN.  It is the
> >"uh"-sound in PUN, PUTT, MUTT, etc. It a common sound in
> >many unstressed syllables: Cig@rette b@tt.
> >   I agree with your remark about there being no difference
> >between "pIn' and "happEn", but someone is bound to make
> >patronizing comments to you about "careful speakers" or to
> >argue from the point of view of different dialects. B@t,
> >that's life!  Carry on!
> 
> Speaking of arguing from the point of view of different dialects, while I
> agree that *in my dialect* "pun, putt, mutt, cigArette and butt" all
> contain schwa (well, no, "and" doesn't, but the rest do), it's my
> impression that at least half the world thinks that (at least when they
> are stressed syllables) all of those *except cigArette* (which I think
> some would argue isn't even pronounced) are an entirely different
> phoneme, for which they use IPA inverted v.
> --
> Liland Brajant ROS'             "Intla yajuanti quinitzquise cohuame o intla
> P O Box 30091                   quiise se pajyo, ax quinchihuilis tleno."
> Seattle, WA 98103 Usono
> Tel. (206) 633-2434             (Aj aj aj!  Liland krokodiledas!)

  In Centralia, Illinois: "see-guh-rayuht".
