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minus-square@Wolf_359linkEnglish11•7 months agoMaybe it depends on where you’re from but I pronounce “tuh-nuhl”
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoReally? I think it’s supposed to be silent, not a schwa. Did you mean “tuh-nl”?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoSlow down your speech a bit (like listen to it in super slow mo) and you’ll realize there’s definitely a schwa sound between the N and the L sounds. Just how our mouths work moving through the shapes for them creates a schwa sound.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoBy that logic, should not there be a schwa after the L too? That ('tǝnǝlǝ) would be absurd.
Doesn’t the ‘nel’ in tunnel break this?
Maybe it depends on where you’re from but I pronounce “tuh-nuhl”
Really? I think it’s supposed to be silent, not a schwa. Did you mean “tuh-nl”?
Slow down your speech a bit (like listen to it in super slow mo) and you’ll realize there’s definitely a schwa sound between the N and the L sounds. Just how our mouths work moving through the shapes for them creates a schwa sound.
By that logic, should not there be a schwa after the L too? That ('tǝnǝlǝ) would be absurd.