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Podcast: Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice
Episode: Meet Mr. Schwa Sound
Description: Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks!The most common vowel sound in English is called "schwa". It is the sound we commonly use in unaccented syllables.In the international phonetic alphabet (IPA), the schwa sound iswritten with an upside down letter 'e' like this: /ə/I think of it as being an 'uh' sound. By coincidence this sound is in the word "syllables": / ˈsɪləbəlz/ - in this word the stress is on the first syllable and the next two syllables both contai...