Author Topic: Take out the vowels  (Read 536 times)

Offline Dichotomy

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Re: Take out the vowels
« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2011, 09:33:36 PM »
Dicho you have facebook?

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Offline Dichotomy

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Re: Take out the vowels
« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2011, 09:36:44 PM »
Boys would be "bys" since technically "Y" isnt a vowel  :noid

from the Oxford dictionary

'The letter Y can be regarded as both a vowel and a consonant. In terms of sound, a vowel is 'a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction...', while a consonant is 'a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed'. The letter Y can be used to represent different sounds in different words, and can therefore fit either definition. In myth or hymn it's clearly a vowel, and also in words such as my, where it stands for a diphthong (a combination of two vowel sounds). On the other hand, in a word like beyond there is an obstacle to the breath which can be heard between two vowels, and the same sound begins words like young and yes. (This consonant sound, like that of the letter W, is sometimes called a 'semivowel' because it is made in a similar way to a vowel, but functions in contrast to vowels when used in words.) Whether the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant is therefore rather an arbitrary decision. The letter is probably more often used as a vowel, but in this role it's often interchangeable with the letter I. However, the consonant sound is not consistently represented in English spelling by any other letter, and perhaps for this reason Y tends traditionally to be counted among the consonants.'

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Re: Take out the vowels
« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2011, 09:37:12 PM »
for some reason, i dont want to believe that. :lol
y is a vowel sometimes. depends on how you use it.

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Re: Take out the vowels
« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2011, 09:49:32 PM »
Today someone posted something in a forum that I visit quite often and all I could post in response was a paranoid emoticon till I had a chance to google it.  FML
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Re: Take out the vowels
« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2011, 09:56:25 PM »
from the Oxford dictionary

'The letter Y can be regarded as both a vowel and a consonant. In terms of sound, a vowel is 'a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction...', while a consonant is 'a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed'. The letter Y can be used to represent different sounds in different words, and can therefore fit either definition. In myth or hymn it's clearly a vowel, and also in words such as my, where it stands for a diphthong (a combination of two vowel sounds). On the other hand, in a word like beyond there is an obstacle to the breath which can be heard between two vowels, and the same sound begins words like young and yes. (This consonant sound, like that of the letter W, is sometimes called a 'semivowel' because it is made in a similar way to a vowel, but functions in contrast to vowels when used in words.) Whether the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant is therefore rather an arbitrary decision. The letter is probably more often used as a vowel, but in this role it's often interchangeable with the letter I. However, the consonant sound is not consistently represented in English spelling by any other letter, and perhaps for this reason Y tends traditionally to be counted among the consonants.'

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Ohh I get it. I use it now quite good

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Re: Take out the vowels
« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2011, 11:04:24 PM »
I'll buy you a deluxe. :D


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