Intrusive Schwa

Entertainment / Literature / Intrusive Schwa: In linguistics, the addition of a schwa sound where historically it has no etymological basis. For instance Algeo notes that some dialects add a schwa sound between the and in the name Henry, pronouncing it as three syllables. Floridan residents create an intrusive schwa between the and in Smyrna when they refer to New Smyrna Beach. The now archaic word alarum is simply alarm with an intrusive schwa. Some linguists call an intrusive schwa a svarabhakti vowel, after the same phenomenon in certain Sanksrit words. Others refer to it as anaptyxis.
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Intrusive Noun Synonyms: intruding, interfering, meddlesome, invasive, meddling, prying, inquisitive, obtrusive, importunate, officious, presumptuous, forward, unwelcome, uncalled-for, unwanted, unsought, nosy, pushy, snoopy
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Schwa

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Schwann Cells

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Schwarzriesling

Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Schwarzriesling: Alias name for the Pinot Meunier grape of France where grown in Australia. Also known as Millers Burgundy. New DNA analysis has shown that the Farbklevner variety has an identical SSR profile. No othe MORE