There are 6 vowels, not only A, E, I, O and U but also Y.
We all know that every word must have/contain a vowel, and if it doesn’t, then it isn’t a word. But what about words that don’t have a vowel, such a sky, by or my? So, shouldn’t Y also be a vowel?
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August 8th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Please….. ‘Y’ is a semi vowel.
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August 8th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Actually ‘w’ and ‘y’ are called semi-vowels or glides. (e.g., Water and Yes)
It can be called a semi-vowel or glide as a vowel sound can be produced without any obstruction or blockade of the oral cavity.
Means: the lips are open and the tongue does not touch the interior of the mouth.
BW, what about Psssst, Hmmmm, Shhhhhhhh?
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August 8th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Example:- Water
Example could be Why..as there is a vowel ‘A’ in Water..
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August 8th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
a “semi” tal alawm!
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August 8th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Hmmmm, I meant for you to concentrate on the first letters “W” and “Y” alone. Thought u’d understand!!
Anon, note that in ‘water’, not only ‘a’, ‘e’ too is a vowel, if you’re to be precise.
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August 8th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
In french, Y is actually one of the main vowels. A, O and U are known as hard vowels, while E, Y and I are called soft vowels.
There are 3 semi vowels in french and Y isn’t one of them. But then, french also has oral vowels, nasal vowels etc etc. *sigh* nostalgia of good ol school days.
Guess this disparity has something to do with the age old english-french rivalry
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August 8th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Is it true that before we had the Shakespearean age, the French was richer in terms of literature?
Not a literature student, but it does interests me.
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August 8th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Yes ofcourse! French was much richer than English in terms of language and literature then. But I guess it got into their head
During that age, the richest laguage was ofcourse Latin. The Renaissance which started in Italy and spread all over European, gave rise to many prominent french writers. Victor Hugo, Montaigne, Foucault, Molliere, Jean Buyere, Jean Fontaine etc etc. I’ll call up my french teacher for more names. lolz.
Anyway, maybe J can shed more light on this topic. Am very interested in knowing too.
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August 8th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
…spread all over “Europe”
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August 8th, 2006 at 4:12 pm
Ermmm d-uh…. is this the men’s john plis?
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August 8th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
ya H is also vowel in french
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August 8th, 2006 at 8:38 pm
I haven’t the foggiest about French lit, sorry guys. But I do know that some of the names Shags reeled off were not exactly directly spawned by the Renaissance. Like Foucault was a 20th century writer who kick started the Historicism in postmodern lit. theory. Not that I know anything much else.
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August 8th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Sandman pawh chu i va man chiang leh ta ve.. lolzz
btw, posted Katie again..
Had deleted it by “mistake”
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August 8th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Great! And it wasn’t Historicism….it was Structuralism, sorry.
Post edit theih loh hi a buaithlak nih hi. Corrigendum siam zel a ngai a haha
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August 9th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Sandman pawh chu i va man chiang leh ta ve..
Duh! Thats why I specifically said maybe J (or any expert on literature) can shed more light on this topic bcoz I don’t know much about it. Sap tawng chhiar thiamloh hi chuan, ni e, i tan chuan a buaithlak reuh a nih hi mawle.
I just mentioned the names of some of the prominent french writers whose work we used to study, hoping that they were indeed during the Renaissance era
*SILLY GRIN*
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