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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Definition of vowels (Guest:oluseyi)

whats the definition of vowels?
  

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Vowel is used to refer to either the speech sound in which the mouth is open and the tongue is not touching the mouth, the teeth, etc, or to the letter that represents such a sound. In English there're 5 vowels. They're a, e, i, o, and u.

— Orpheus

  • Vowel is used to refer to either the speech sound in which the mouth is open and the tongue is not touching the mouth, the teeth, etc, or to the letter that represents such a sound.
  • In English there're 5 vowels.
  • They're a, e, i, o, and u.
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Vowel is used to refer to either the speech sound in which the mouth is open and the tongue is not touching the mouth, the teeth, etc, or to the letter that represents such a sound. In English there're 5 vowels. They're a, e, i, o, and u.
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Nice one Orpheus!! I've been speaking English all my life and I've never heard that defined so well!
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Thanks, Hitch. What I always remember is that when you're sounding the vowels, your mouth is open and your tongue is freeEmotion: wink
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On that definition, where does the letter Y fall?
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