https://xkcd.com/2907

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Doug’s cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.

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Doesn’t the ‘nel’ in tunnel break this?

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Maybe it depends on where you’re from but I pronounce “tuh-nuhl”

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Really? I think it’s supposed to be silent, not a schwa. Did you mean “tuh-nl”?

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Slow down your speech a bit (like listen to it in super slow mo) and you’ll realize there’s definitely a schwa sound between the N and the L sounds. Just how our mouths work moving through the shapes for them creates a schwa sound.

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