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minus-squareTheBananaKing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoYou use the same vowel for ‘what’ as you do for ‘up’? :confused Australian noises:
minus-squareWoahWoah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoOh you’re Australian. Yeah, most dialects in the US say “what” and “up” with a schwa. Wut up. The ‘u’ vowel sound in “up” is the same one in “what” in most American dialects. The schwa is the same vowel sound in duzza. Wuzza uppa.
You use the same vowel for ‘what’ as you do for ‘up’?
:confused Australian noises:
Oh you’re Australian. Yeah, most dialects in the US say “what” and “up” with a schwa.
Wut up. The ‘u’ vowel sound in “up” is the same one in “what” in most American dialects.
The schwa is the same vowel sound in duzza. Wuzza uppa.
yup
whut?