Timeline for schwa in a single syllable word
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| Apr 15, 2016 at 2:21 | comment | added | Alan Carmack | Yeah I hear that about the 'long schwa'... I dunno why the differences displayed in dictionaries. I don't put a whole lot of technical stock in the online dictionaries (except the OED, which I reference through my library). | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 0:53 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | Both OALD and Cambridge show sir, purr, and bird with /ɜ:r/. I'm not sure why these other dictionaries are using a /ə/. In addition, the /:/ in /ɜ:r/ indicate a longer sound, which is counter-indicated by a schwa. It just doesn't seem consistent. dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sir | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 0:43 | history | edited | Alan Carmack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 15, 2016 at 0:24 | history | edited | Alan Carmack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 15, 2016 at 0:19 | history | answered | Alan Carmack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |