> Correct me if I'm wrong here, but if my understanding of the schwa is
> correct, the 'com' is not the syllable containing the schwa here -- the
> 'for', albeit almost glossed over, contains the schwa. The schwa is the
> dead sound in the second syllable of father or mother.
FWIW, the Merriam-Webster online dictionary[1] (which uses ampersands to
denote schwas in its pronunciation key), lists every vowel sound in the
word "uncomfortable" as a schwa, whether you pronounce it with four
syllables (&n-c&mf-t&r-b&l) or five (&n-c&m-f&r-t&-b&l).
[1] http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
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