Paul Rooney wrote in message ...

:On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:41:51 +0100, "Philip Eden"
:philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
:Called in the business a "schwa", and represented in
:pronunciation threads on language newsgroups as
:a "@" ... eg 'kop@ for "copper" in British English.

on't we have the correct symbol for a schwa somewhere?
:Would it show up properly here?

In the phonetic alphabet it is written like an 'e' upside down. I doubt if
it would show up properly in a Usenet post.

Colin Youngs
Brussels