acka-research Digest	Saturday, January 09 1999	Volume 04 : Issue 008


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From: RobXXVIII@aol.com
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3997
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 03:32:17 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 08/01/99 19:46:28 GMT, you write:

> > 
>  > If the vowels meant are aeiou there's no problem. 
>  > If it is taken to refer to vowel sounds 'head' only as 
>  > one vowel. That woulod be a perfectly reasonable
>  > way of reading the proposal.
>  
>  In which case you're counting syllables.

No, some syllables do contain multiple vowels.
Cry has a dipthong, which is two vowels in succesion.

Robin Hood


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From: alfvaen@connect.ab.ca (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3997
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 16:55:05 -0500 (EST)


>>  > If the vowels meant are aeiou there's no problem. 
>>  > If it is taken to refer to vowel sounds 'head' only as 
>>  > one vowel. That woulod be a perfectly reasonable
>>  > way of reading the proposal.

>>  In which case you're counting syllables.

>No, some syllables do contain multiple vowels.
>Cry has a dipthong, which is two vowels in succesion.

Well, technically, a vowel(/a/) and a glide(/y/), in that case,
I believe.  Although the glides /y/ and /w/ tend to be roughly
equivalent to /i/ and /u/ anyways...

Personally, I wouldn't find it difficult to determine which y's are
vowels and which are consonants.  In "cry" and "sleepy" it's a vowel,
in "young" and "sayonara" it's a consonant.  Okay, I suppose something
like "saying" is a bit more ambiguous.  Never mind.  If I were a voting
player, I'd vote against both of them.


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