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SCH W A S O U ND
•THE SCHWA SOUND /Ə/ IS THE MOST COMMON VOWEL
SOUND IN ENGLISH; ABOUT ONE IN THREE VOWELS A
NATIVE SPEAKER PRONOUNCES. IT HAS A NEUTRAL MOUTH
POSITION, IT ONLY APPEARS ON UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES,
AND IT CAN BE SPELT WITH ANY VOWEL LETTER.
 Mouth Position
THE MOUTH POSITION FOR /Ə/ IS NEUTRAL – THE LIPS ARE RELAXED, NOT
ROUNDED, THE JAW IS ROUGHLY HALF WAY OPEN, AND THE TONGUE IS FLAT,
NOT FORWARD OR BACK. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE LONG THINKING VOWEL
SOUND /ɜː/ AS IN BIRD, BUT IT IS ALWAYS WEAK, SO IT’S SHORT AND SOFT.
• IN UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
ANY VOWEL LETTER CAN BE PRONOUNCED AS SCHWA AND THE PRONUNCIATION
OF A VOWEL LETTER CAN CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE SYLLABLE IN
WHICH IT OCCURS IS STRESSED OR NOT.

In the word 'man' the letter 'a' has its full

sound - represented by the symbol /æ/.

In 'postman' the syllable 'man' is not stressed

and the letter 'a' is pronounced as schwa,
represented by the symbol /ə/
 Spelling the schwa ending: er, ar, or, our, re, ure, a
The most common way of spelling the schwa sound on the end of a word is –er.
Next most common is –or, followed by –ar. Here are some examples:

er or ar

Baker Visitor Collar

Cooker Editor Dollar
Toaster Alligator Polar
Driver Dictator Regular
Writer Creator Similar
Deliver Elevator Popular
Runner Senator Sugar
Rider radiator beggar
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