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[lojban-beginners] Re: Schwa.

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