How do you say e backwards?

The symbol /ə/ (an upside down 'e') is used in the dictionary to show the most common weak vowel in English, which is pronounced as a relaxed 'uh'. /ə/ is called 'schwa'. So you probably saw the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in your dictionary.
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What is the sound of ə?

Simply put, the schwa is a reduced, neutral vowel sound written as an upside-down and backwards e, ə, in the International Phonetic Alphabet (the universal chart of symbols, representing all the sounds languages make).
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How do you read ə?

It is similar to the /i:/ sound, but it is shorter /ə/ not /ɜ:/. To produce the ə sound put your tongue in the middle and in the centre of your mouth and make a short voiced sound.
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What is the difference between ə and ʌ?

The difference between /ə/ and /ʌ/, at a fundamental level, is that /ə/ is a reduced vowel, whereas /ʌ/ is a full vowel.
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What is the difference between Ɐ and Ǝ?

¬Ǝ means not all, but some. D. ¬Ɐ means not all, but some. ¬Ǝ means not even one.
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How do I type an upside down e?

In OS X with the U.S. Extended keyboard, the letters Ə ə are made with ⌥ Option + ⇧ Shift + : followed by ⇧ Shift + A or a respectively.
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Is ə rounded?

The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ə⟩, a rotated lowercase letter e. While the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association does not define the roundedness of [ə], it is more often unrounded than rounded.
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What is the meaning of ɛ?

The IPA phonetic symbol [ɛ] represents an open-mid front unrounded vowel, like the most common pronunciation of the English phoneme /e/ (as in dress). It is also the "ê" sound in French, as in bête (animal) or the "e" sound in German Bett (bed).
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How do you pronounce æ?

To make the /æ/ sound:

This vowel is a low vowel. Position your tongue low in your mouth, and shift it toward the front. The muscles of your lips and mouth should be relaxed. Vibrate your vocal cords with your mouth in this position.
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Why is the e upside down?

The upside down e was first used as a symbol for the schwa sound by Johann Schmeller in his 1821 grammar of Bavarian German. Because he was describing the specific properties of a particular dialect, he needed a way to represent actual pronunciation.
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What is Ʒ called?

Ezh (Ʒ ʒ) /ˈɛʒ/, also called the "tailed z", is a letter whose lower case form is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), representing the voiced postalveolar fricative consonant.
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Is ɛ rounded?

2. What is the articulatory description for the vowel sound represented by the IPA symbol [ɛ]? High back rounded tense vowel.
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What does Ɪ sound like?

The /ɪ/ sound (“ih”) is a short quick vowel in Canadian English. For example, “sit”. It often gets confused with /i/ (“ee”) as in “seat” Learn how to make the sound, listen to the difference between /ɪ/ and common substitutions and then practice saying /ɪ/ in words and sentences.
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Is Apple a schwa?

We say a before consonant sounds and an before vowel sounds. So it's an apple, an egg, an ice cream, an orange, an umbrella. Well that sounds easy. Yes, the tricky thing is the schwa sound.
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Is ɔ lax or tense?

Tense vowels are [i] and [o]. Lax vowels are [ɪ] and [ɔ]. The next dimension of vowels is rounding. Rounding is important because it continues to help differentiate the vowels of English.
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Is egomaniacal a word?

Meaning of egomaniacal in English

relating to someone who considers themselves to be very important and able to do anything that they want: The office is filled with egomaniacal workaholics. In his new movie - a comedy - he plays an egomaniacal media mogul.
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What does egomaniacal mean?

overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests. a brilliant but egomaniacal urban planner who ruthlessly sought to impose his vision of the ideal cityscape.
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What is the meaning of obnoxiously?

1 : odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive. 2 archaic : exposed to something unpleasant or harmful —used with to. 3 archaic : deserving of censure.
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What language has backwards e?

The thirty-first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is э (e) or э́ оборо́тное (é oborótnoje, “backwards e”) and it has the broad sound of /e/. Unlike е (je), it is not pronounced with a preceding /j/ sound or a palatalized consonant.
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What language has upside down e?

That troublesome upside-down "e" represents the /æ/ sound in the Azeri language. (In English, it's like the vowel sound in the words "fat cat.") The difficulty is that Azeri is the only language in the world that uses this letter.
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How do you type an upside down e on an Iphone?

It's easy to get an accented “e” in this manner– just hold the “E” key, slide up and over to the accented “e”, and then let go.
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How do you pronounce the letter YOGH?

In Modern English yogh is pronounced /jɒɡ/, /jɒx/, using short o or /joʊɡ/, /joʊk/, /joʊx/, using long o.
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