The Shwa and its perils

Carlos M Beltrn

Tongue Twister

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper?

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Police Button Peter Piper Pickled Pepper Symptom Harvard Capone Tables Sister

Excellent Experiment Organize Banana Aggression Infamous Beautiful Underworld Syndicate

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POLICE BUTTON PETER PIPER PICKLED PEPPER SYMPTOM HARVARD CAPONE TABLES SISTER

EXCELLENT EXPERIMENT ORGANIZE BANANA AGGRESSION INFAMOUS BEAUTIFUL UNDERWORLD SYNDICATE

Listen to the following text and underline any possible word that contains the Shwa
Al Capone was working at the Harvard Inn at the time. He saw a beautiful young girl at one of the tables he was waiting on and made a comment to her. Her brother punched him in the face and Capone went crazy. The man pulled a knife on Capone, cut him three times across the face, grabbed his sister, and ran out of the bar. And thats how the gangster got his nickname, SCARFACE

Listen to the following text and underline any possible word that contains the Shwa
Al Capone was working at the Harvard Inn at the time. He saw a beautiful young girl at one of the tables he was waiting on and made a comment to her. Her brother punched him in the face and Capone went crazy. The man pulled a knife on Capone, cut him three times across the face, grabbed his sister, and ran out of the bar. And thats how the gangster got his nickname, SCARFACE