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Baby Girl
why does every word have a vowel in it and why r nova scotian girls so pretty?


1. I have always noticed that myself. Maybe it's so that we can pronounce them properly. Not every word has a vowel in it though.

2.Nova Scotian girls?
Reply 2
jediknight007
1. I have always noticed that myself. Maybe it's so that we can pronounce them properly. Not every word has a vowel in it though.

2.Nova Scotian girls?


rythmn doesnt have a vowel :tongue:

nova scotain girls...thats random!
Reply 3
jediknight007
1. I have always noticed that myself. Maybe it's so that we can pronounce them properly. Not every word has a vowel in it though.

2.Nova Scotian girls?



Yes, every word does. Y counts as a vowel when there aren't any other vowels in the word.

Yes Nova Scotian girls...wait...my mastake...i mean women...
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Baby Girl
Yes, every word does. Y counts as a vowel when there aren't any other vowels in the word.

Yes Nova Scotian girls...wait...my mastake...i mean women...

Hmmm, never heard that before.
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Infinity
Hmmm, never heard that before.


niether had i, and ive heard everything in the book :wink:

love your avatars by the way! can i use one?
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Infinity
Hmmm, never heard that before.


It's true i swear!
Reply 7
you've never heard AEIOU and sometimes Y???!!!:O
Reply 8
curryADD
niether had i, and ive heard everything in the book :wink:

love your avatars by the way! can i use one?

Right, vowels= aeiou correct?

Thanks and of course you can. :tongue:
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Baby Girl
you've never heard AEIOU and sometimes Y???!!!:O

Hmmmm, *digs deep into recesses of her brain* it sounds familiar, ok your off the hook dear. :tongue:
Reply 10
Infinity
Hmmmm, *digs deep into recesses of her brain* it sounds familiar, ok your off the hook dear. :tongue:


Thank you, i was beginning to think you all skipped second grade!
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Baby Girl
Yes, every word does. Y counts as a vowel when there aren't any other vowels in the word.

Perhaps every word in the English language. But not in others. But then if we were to try and spell the words how they are pronounced then we'd probably just add the vowels where they sounded.
If you think about it it makes sense -letters are all just sounds we can make. We put the sounds together to make words.
I'm probably not making much sense, but you could think of it abit like colours. Vowels are like the primary colours- they all have individual sounds. But cosonants are abit of a mix, because they have their own sound, but when said, we can add a vowel in to spell the sound. A, B (bee), C (sea), D (dee), E, F (eff), G (gee)...So even if it's just consonants we put in a vowel sound.

Actually I haven't explained that at all how I meant, and I can't seem to articulate my thoughts.

Blah.
Reply 12
Egan1
Perhaps every word in the English language. But not in others. But then if we were to try and spell the words how they are pronounced then we'd probably just add the vowels where they sounded.
If you think about it it makes sense -letters are all just sounds we can make. We put the sounds together to make words.
I'm probably not making much sense, but you could think of it abit like colours. Vowels are like the primary colours- they all have individual sounds. But cosonants are abit of a mix, because they have their own sound, but when said, we can add a vowel in to spell the sound. A, B (bee), C (sea), D (dee), E, F (eff), G (gee)...So even if it's just consonants we put in a vowel sound.

Actually I haven't explained that at all how I meant, and I can't seem to articulate my thoughts.

Blah.

Made sense to me. :smile:
Sort of, I think, not sure now.
Reply 13
Y's not a vowel, but it does act as a vowel in some words, like hymn, rhyme and rhythm.
1. the word pygmy too does not have a vowel !!

2. What r nova scotian gals ???
Baby Girl
why does every word have a vowel in it and why r nova scotian girls so pretty?


tsk :tongue:



ps: tsk means sound that is "Used to express disappointment or sympathy"
Baby Girl
Yes, every word does. Y counts as a vowel when there aren't any other vowels in the word.

Yes Nova Scotian girls...wait...my mastake...i mean women...


a, e, i, o, u but Y??? I thought I was taught English at school.....?

Like I said before, it's probably to do with pronounciation. I have also wondered why you use 'an' instead of 'a' before some words which begin with 'h'.

Eg. 'an hour' sounds more correct than 'a hour'. Well, that's what I think anyways lol.

Maybe some English student here could clarify it for us.
Reply 17
jediknight007
a, e, i, o, u but Y??? I thought I was taught English at school.....?

Like I said before, it's probably to do with pronounciation. I have also wondered why you use 'an' instead of 'a' before some words which begin with 'h'.

Eg. 'an hour' sounds more correct than 'a hour'. Well, that's what I think anyways lol.

Maybe some English student here could clarify it for us.

its
A E I O U and sometimes Y
Reply 18
Baby Girl
why does every word have a vowel in it and why r nova scotian girls so pretty?

The word: "My" doesn't have a vowel in it. Apparently Y is a kind of vowel though. I dunno. :confused:
Reply 19
Lord Huntroyde
Y's not a vowel, but it does act as a vowel in some words, like hymn, rhyme and rhythm.

Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving = RHYTHM, thats the only thing I learnt in my English class.