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The Read Lexicon: a spelling dictionary for the Shavian alphabet following the rhotic Received Pronunciation standard.
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Why do we need schwas before an L or R? Aren’t they implied? #37

Closed trosel closed 1 year ago

trosel commented 1 year ago

Take β€œdial”. Why is it 𐑛𐑲𐑩𐑀 instead of just 𐑛𐑲𐑀?

Is it even possible to pronounce that L without a little schwa before it? If not, why even write the schwa? It seems included with the L inherently, no?

I understand there are non-rhotic accents, but the same question goes for Rs. A schwa before the R is basically included, no?