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Schwa

British pronunciation/ʃwˈɑː/
American pronunciation/ˈʃwɑ/
Schwa
[NOUN]
1

(phonetics) an unstressed central vowel that is produced with the tongue in a lax position, represented by /ə/ symbol

synonyms : shwa
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1. So the unstressed form is Using that schwa sound again.
2. So the R absorbs the schwa.
3. The schwa creeps up everywhere in American English.
4. The R absorbs the schwa.
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