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The vowel appreciation thread.

Jaysuz Jones from Wasaga Beach (Canada) on 2003-10-25 16:03 [#00918191]
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Sorry 'howdy', the English language wouldn't be such a
beautiful, albeit bastardised tongue, without our good ol'
friends, A, E, I, O, U.

Jaysuz Jones from Wasaga Beach (Canada) on 2003-10-25 16:04 [#00918192]
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And sometimes Y.

nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-10-25 16:04 [#00918193]
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"those are IOU's! They're just as good as money"

nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-10-25 16:05 [#00918195]
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we have A E I O U Y and Æ Ø Å

pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2003-10-25 16:08 [#00918199]
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only got 5 vowels vs. the other 21 consonants, better make
'em count.

dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-10-25 16:14 [#00918207]
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Aw, fuck, where is that quote from ?

dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-10-25 16:14 [#00918209]
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Dumb & Dumber.

...

scup_bucket from bloated exploding piss pockets on 2003-10-25 16:53 [#00918245]
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"i like to eat cake with my eyes"
~Dariusgriffin

xlr from Boston (United States) on 2003-10-25 18:48 [#00918350]
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My architecture professor's last name is composed almost
entirely of consonants ("Brcak"). Doesn't make sense to me
either.

Without vowels, life as we know it would cease to exist.

nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-10-25 18:50 [#00918354]
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spot on

Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2003-10-25 21:34 [#00918503]
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now, now, xlr, the Poles, Czechs and Georgians get along
perfectly well without vowels ;-)

On the other hand, various Polynesian languages seem to be
almost *all* vowels...

probably my favorite vowel system is the one in Russian
though...

xlr from Boston (United States) on 2003-10-25 23:45 [#00918540]
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Indeed. I believe the hawaiian alphabet uses only 16
letters, mostly vowels? or something like that. Explains
all the names:

Maui
Kauai
Honolulu
Aloha

Vowels galore!

tallyho from Vladivostok (Russia) on 2003-10-26 00:40 [#00918585]
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what is special about Russian vowel system that appeals to
you?

i'm just curious :D

virginpusher from County Clare on 2003-10-26 00:48 [#00918570]
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great, another appreciaion thread.

did you not read opecks warning to ban anyone who made
another?

pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2003-10-26 00:57 [#00918572]
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sssshhhhh

he's asleep!

Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-10-26 02:19 [#00918598]
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clinton deploys vowels to bosnia

Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2003-10-26 12:43 [#00919138]
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I just like the pairing of the hard and soft vowels, which
makes the spelling much easier to understand. I also like
the uniqueness of "yeri", to keep things from being *too*
regular.

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