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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-Apr-12 - 03:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Wikipedia's pronunciation schtik
Subject: RE: BS: Wikipedia's pronunciation schtik
schwa, as printed, is German derived from Hebrew (as stated by MtheGM), in turn probably from Syriac. And no, this is just copying from a dictionary, personally I don't know any schwas, but perhaps a Swabian or two.