schwa is not one sound but many

[Tom Zurinskas]

No thanks.  I'm sure my transcription is right according to what I hear.  You hear any different?  Do you not think what was spoken was typical US accent?  I do.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:36:10 +0800
> From: strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: schwa is not one sound but many
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Poster: LanDi Liu
> Subject: Re: schwa is not one sound but many
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> Tom, please read up on "broad transcriptions" and "narrow transcriptions".
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> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Tom Zurinskas  wrote:
>> Basically that means that IPA is not a fully phonetic notation because it uses schwa.
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> --
> Randy Alexander
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