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How to pronounce schwa
“schwa” pronunciation in real English speech
Listen to schwa in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“schwa” in real sentences
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QI
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something closer to a schwa.
WIRED
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Superlinguo has a schwa and All Things Linguistic has three and...
Ling Thusiasm
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- One thing that can be challenging is the difference between the American schwa "uh," a
Vanity Fair
Words that sound like “schwa”
Words one sound away from schwa — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of schwa. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.