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  • '''Fåuntleroy''', '''e''' as schwa '''fŏr''' ''preposition'' usually [[schwa]] (in [[British English]], *fə, making a [[minimal pair]] with unstressed
    11 KB (1,649 words) - 17:27, 17 May 2017
  • ...f the indefinite article '''a''' (in normal speech always the weak form, [[schwa]], [ə]), pronounced like the letter's name, *ây, can be heard in self-con *In '''Áscot''', the '''o''' is normally a [[schwa]], but some broadcasters are saying "Áscót".
    24 KB (3,611 words) - 16:37, 26 May 2017
  • ...y''' ''country'' (three syllables, with [[schwa]]) ≈ '''húngry''' (two, no schwa); in both, hard '''g''' sounded
    13 KB (1,984 words) - 15:58, 7 April 2017
  • '''Bâkelîte''' has '''e''' as syllablic [[schwa]]: *Bâykəlite, BrE *Bâkerlîght '''Bêatríce''', '''Bêatrix''', '''a''' as schwa: Bêə-
    20 KB (3,035 words) - 12:34, 27 July 2017
  • '''o'''' ''of'' = '''a''' ''an'', [[schwa]]
    7 KB (1,129 words) - 21:26, 26 June 2017
  • -'''eig'''- as [[schwa]] (*fórrun): '''fóreign''' mostly schwa, as are '''Cámden''', '''Màrsden''', '''Hámpden''' ≈ '''Hámpton''': -
    14 KB (2,241 words) - 11:22, 25 June 2017
  • ...or five vowels, for instance, typically lack central vowels such as the [[schwa]] [ə]. English preserves a three-way distinction as in [i:], [ə] and [u:]
    9 KB (1,366 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2010
  • '''y''' as schwa: -'''yl
    8 KB (1,232 words) - 20:04, 9 July 2016
  • ...that of '''st''' before -'''en''' and -'''le''' (the final vowel is always schwa): '''lísten''' (*líssən), '''fāsten''' (*fāssən), '''whístle''' (*wh
    8 KB (1,447 words) - 09:55, 8 August 2016
  • The final '''i''' in '''Missoûri''' is pronounced as a [[schwa]] by some of its inhabitants (*Mizûry, *Mizûra).
    8 KB (1,392 words) - 09:48, 13 August 2016
  • '''Cânaan''' *Câynən, '''aa''' as schwa '''cávêát''' (or '''a''' as [[schwa]])
    32 KB (4,846 words) - 14:57, 17 August 2017
  • '''a''' ''article'' *ə: [[schwa]] = '''uh'''. It can be a strong form '''â''', like the name of the lette '''ahem''': [[schwa]]s
    25 KB (3,975 words) - 21:48, 24 May 2017
  • ...ellings use typical unambiguous spellings using the normal alphabet plus [[schwa]] (ə). ...is [[British English|BrE]] only: AmE replaces this sound with a stressed [[schwa]], /ə/.
    42 KB (7,225 words) - 15:50, 28 April 2017
  • ...er''', cf. '''Chéster''': both '''e'''s in '''Mánchester''' are normally [[schwa|weak]]: *Mánchəstər, though some football pundits say "Mán Chéster" '''márathon''' AmE '''ó'''; BrE '''o''' as [[schwa]]
    21 KB (3,209 words) - 08:09, 5 September 2017
  • suffix forming abstract nouns, '''e''' as í or [[schwa]]: -'''ness
    11 KB (1,818 words) - 18:29, 13 April 2017
  • ...ears like '''Mãry'''; the '''e''' in '''véry''' can sound like a stressed schwa. ...''Lóndondérry'''. A similar example is '''Rôsemary''', pronounced with a [[schwa]] '''a''' in BrE, but as if two words, '''Rôse Mãry''', in American. In t
    61 KB (9,656 words) - 09:17, 2 March 2024
  • cf. '''Kíngston''', both have '''o''' as [[schwa]]: '''Mâidstone '''o''' as schwa in best [[Australia|Aus]] pronunciation: '''Mélbourne
    36 KB (5,897 words) - 19:42, 22 August 2017
  • AmE all stressed on medial '''û''': -'''ûplet'''; BrE medial '''u''' as [[schwa]]: '''qùadruplet, quíntuplet, séxtuplet, séptuplet, óctuplet
    14 KB (2,330 words) - 16:31, 18 April 2017
  • ...iation. Some of your choices I have to say I find odd - who exactly uses a schwa sound for 'nut'? And the article already links to [[English phonemes]], whi ::Hence no vowel letter added. The English schwa should be enough, then. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] ([[User talk:Ro Thorpe
    31 KB (5,143 words) - 13:34, 24 June 2017
  • '''Rôsemãry''' AmE; BrE '''a''' as schwa, cf. '''Mãry''', = '''rôsemary''' ''shrub
    15 KB (2,228 words) - 14:59, 28 May 2017
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