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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a VOWEL ALIGNMENT CHART - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | All the speech (as well as the title text) in this comic can be spoken, at least in some dialects and enunciations, using ''only'' a {{w|schwa}} (ə) as all its voiced vowel-sounds. It works in any dialect featuring the {{w|Phonological history of English close back vowels#STRUT–COMMA merger|STRUT-COMMA merger}}, including most of the US dialects that [[Randall]] himself would be most familiar with. Since all of the words can be spoken with only a schwa, Randall states that the schwa is so common that one can learn the English language without learning any other vowel sounds if they stick to the right conversation topics. | |
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− | + | As an experiment to see you have an accent of your own which supports this effect, you could try to say "Wh'ts 'p? W's D'g g'nn' c'm'? D'g l'vs br'nch" and "N' ', D'gs st'ck c's 'f ' t'nn'l 'bstr'ct'n. ' tr'ck d'mpd ' t'n 'f 'n'ns", using the same inflection at each apostrophe. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan, Cueball, and Ponytail stand in front of a | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | :[Megan, Cueball, and Ponytail stand in front of a restaurant table. Megan has her hand on the rightmost chair.] | ||
:Megan: What's up? Was Doug gonna come? Doug loves brunch. | :Megan: What's up? Was Doug gonna come? Doug loves brunch. | ||
:Ponytail: Nuh uh, Doug's stuck 'cause of a tunnel obstruction. A truck dumped a ton of onions. | :Ponytail: Nuh uh, Doug's stuck 'cause of a tunnel obstruction. A truck dumped a ton of onions. | ||
:Megan: Ugh. | :Megan: Ugh. | ||
− | + | :[Caption below the panel]: The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English. In fact, if you stick to the right conversation topics, you can avoid learning any other ones. | |
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− | :The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English. In fact, if you stick to the right conversation topics, you can avoid learning any other ones. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||