Schwa
Th
Flap / T /
Word Stress
Silence!
100
argument
arg-y-SCHWA-ment /ar - gyuh - ment/
100
This
voiced /th/, but not /dis/ or /tis/
100
water
waDer
100
message
MEssage
100
buffet car
'buffet'-silent "t"
200
biological
bi-SCHWA-logical, or bi-SCHWA-log-SCHWA-cal
200
weather
voiced /th/, but not /weDer/
200
pretty
preDy
200
percent
per-CENT
200
fortune
"tu" = /ch/, not /for Tune/
300
certified
cert-SCHWA-fied.... With flap = cer-Duh-fied
300
without
voiced or voiceless /th/, but not /d/
300
city
ciDy
300
abstraction
abstRACTion
300
debt
silent "b"
400
economic
ec-SCHWA-nomic
400
bothered
voiced /th/, but not /boDered/ or /boTered/
400
get along well
ge-Duh-long
400
atmosphere
ATmosphere
400
bomb
silent final "b"
500
economy
e-con-SCHWA-my
500
brother
voiced /th/ but not /bruDDer/ or /bruTer/
500
settle
se-Dle
500
refugee
refuGEE
500
gague
/g ai dg/
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