pron. of just

[Herb Stahlke]

I checked the IPA web site.  The IPA shows schwa in its vowel chart
specifically as an unrounded mid central vowel
(http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/vowels.html).  The IPA transcription of
"International Phonetic Association" represents the RP pronunciation
in which all five schwas are that unrounded mid central vowel.  They
do not represent other vowel sounds.  They may correspond to different
spellings, but that's irrelevant.  And note that "association" is
transcribed with a final syllabic /n/.

Herb

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The IPA notation that I see at the IPA site has schwa for many sounds.  See the foespeleeng of International Phonetic Association.
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> http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> see truespel.com
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