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HeliodoR wrote:
>     u in up
>     u in pun
> 
>     o in from
> 
>     a in delta
> 
>     "uh" when someoune says: "Uh, I don't know."
> 
>  
> Those are {a} sounds.
> Schwa is what You don't ever pronounce clearly.

I don't think of the short u as being like a schwa except
when it is very short. Therefore I'd pronounce the second
syllable in "delta" as a schwa (except when I'm being
precise) and the others as a short u.


Hal