On this thread http://www.antimoon.com/forum/posts/7262-3.htm
<<I s'pose I also "schwa" my "i"s.
/stSu:p@d/ i.e. "schoopid" (sometimes /stju:p@d/ i.e. "styoopid") (X-SAMPA)>>
Someone asked:
<<Why the inverted commas around ''schwa''. Is it because you're not sure if you actually pronounce unstressed /I/'s as schwas i.e. ''stupid''., ''cabin'' in that you might just be hearing yourself wrong? In my American accent, I don't schwa those i's.>>
The response was:
<<The inverted commas around "schwa" I put there because the word is a noun not a verb ... or at least outside of this thread it is.>>
Can ''schwa'' also be a verb? Or is it strictly a noun? I'm asking because someone said that it wasn't, but I think that it can be a verb.
<<I s'pose I also "schwa" my "i"s.
/stSu:p@d/ i.e. "schoopid" (sometimes /stju:p@d/ i.e. "styoopid") (X-SAMPA)>>
Someone asked:
<<Why the inverted commas around ''schwa''. Is it because you're not sure if you actually pronounce unstressed /I/'s as schwas i.e. ''stupid''., ''cabin'' in that you might just be hearing yourself wrong? In my American accent, I don't schwa those i's.>>
The response was:
<<The inverted commas around "schwa" I put there because the word is a noun not a verb ... or at least outside of this thread it is.>>
Can ''schwa'' also be a verb? Or is it strictly a noun? I'm asking because someone said that it wasn't, but I think that it can be a verb.