darcy@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoenglish languagesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
arrow-up121arrow-down1imageenglish languagesh.itjust.worksdarcy@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThe joke is that many, if not most, English dialects merge /ʌ/ with schwa but insist that the sounds are different because schwa is never stressed
The joke is that many, if not most, English dialects merge /ʌ/ with schwa but insist that the sounds are different because schwa is never stressed