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My mom, whose native language is Chinese, seems to exhibit the following pronunciation pattern when speaking English: If a word begins with an unstressed schwa followed by a stressed syllable beginning with a consonant, she will often drop the schwa, which results in words like ''appeal'' being pronounced just like ''peel.'' Is this pronunciation pattern typical among native Chinese speakers when speaking English?
Tom Li
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My mom, whose native language is Chinese, seems to exhibit the following pronunciation pattern when speaking English: If a word begins with an unstressed schwa followed by a stressed syllable beginning with a consonant, she will often drop the schwa, which results in words like ''appeal'' being pronounced just like ''peel.'' Is this pronunciation pattern typical among native Chinese speakers when speaking English?
Tom Li
(Transferred from old LINGUIST List Ask-a-Linguist site)
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