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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Tell me a word without a vowel ?

I have seen many sites but cannot find a word without a vowel, so i am keen in finding a word without a vowel. does a word a word without a vowel exsist ?
  

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rhytm,try,why,sky,fly,fry,pry,etc...

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rhytm,try,why,sky,fly,fry,pry,etc...
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Hi Alda,
According to the Oxford English Dictionary
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/lettery?view=uk

the letter'y' is both a vowel and a consonant.

The ruling on whether 'y' is a vowel or consonant in a specific word, however, ma
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Oh I see. Thank you for telling me. So it means there isn't any word without vowels? Now I know. Emotion: smile

Need to study more.
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There are many vowelless words in Croatian. The longest one has five letters (cvrst = strong).

It is interesting to notice that every such word contains R. The R sound in those words is pronounced (r
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I meant English words. Sorry =)
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Hi Ivan,
I'd like to speculate and see what others think about it. Yes, you are right there is no vowel in 'cvrst', nor in many other non-English words. But what I am going to hypothesize is that there can be NO word without a vowel sound.

There are languages without written vowels such as Hebrew and languages like Croatian and Welsh that have some words that lack vowe
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nth (ultimate degree)

No written vowel, but it obviously has a vowel sound.
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Anonymousa word without a vowel
Oh, no. Here we go again.

CJ
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CalifJim
Anonymousa word without a vowel
Oh, no. Here we go again.

CJ

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