Can you find some English words with no vowels?

[جوري]

here is one I learned today

cwm: noun: A steep bowl-shaped mountain basin, carved by glaciers. Also known as cirque.

who knew.. thought I'd share, interested in more though..

:w:

[czgibson]

Greetings,

I'd argue the case for words like 'sky', 'fry' and 'fly', but some people think that's cheating.

Peace

[Muezzin]

'Rythm' isn't cheating. :)

[جوري]

lol good job.. how about the other form lurkers?
and isn't 'Y' technically a vowel?

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[GreyKode]

lol good job.. how about the other form lurkers?
and isn't 'Y' technically a vowel?

I GOT IT

tattara .... "Pls" as in : Pls open the door for me

:P

[جوري]

rofl that doesn't count...

all my life I racked my brain for one english word that doesn't contain vowels. (in the U.S technically' a Y can be used as a vowel.. if you can think of such a useless occupation of the brain.. so today voila I learn 'cwm' and I am elated.. I think I can now go to my grave for I have seen everything, but first I must share the good news as one often likes to do when they have found an answer...

:w:

[czgibson]

Greetings,

'Rythm' isn't cheating. :)

Or even 'rhythm'.



Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving.



I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself. :hiding:

Great example, though. :thumbs_up

all my life I racked my brain for one english word that doesn't contain vowels. (in the U.S technically' a Y can be used as a vowel.. if you can think of such a useless occupation of the brain.. so today voila I learn 'cwm' and I am elated.. I think I can now go to my grave for I have seen everything, but first I must share the good news as one often likes to do when they have found an answer...

See here for more on this if you're interested.

in the U.S technically' a Y can be used as a vowel..

There is no real consensus, as far as I know.

if you can think of such a useless occupation of the brain..

I'm sure the world's linguistics community will thank you for your vote of confidence.

Peace

[Muezzin]

Greetings,



Or even 'rhythm'.



Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving.



I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself. :hiding:

I keep having these 'bloody idiot' moments. It's a wonder my face isn't currently smeared across several lamp posts.

rofl that doesn't count...

all my life I racked my brain for one english word that doesn't contain vowels. (in the U.S technically' a Y can be used as a vowel.. if you can think of such a useless occupation of the brain.. so today voila I learn 'cwm' and I am elated.. I think I can now go to my grave for I have seen everything, but first I must share the good news as one often likes to do when they have found an answer...

:w:

That's because US English is wrong. :p

[rk9414]

hmm, mmm, shh, tsk tsk, pwn

[Grofica]

There is no real consensus, as far as I know.

Yes there is a consensus... Y is a vowel.... in school its A E I O U and sometimes Y. its not can be used as a vowel... its just it is sometimes. and for the record. EVERY english word has a vowel it is impossible to say the word if it has no vowel... Or thats according to my teachers...

and cwm is said like KUM... so i am guessing (because its a weird brittish word) the W is acting like the vowel.... you can hear it on webster... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cwm :shade:

[Muezzin]

Etymology of 'cwm' is Welsh. Thought so.

Also, does 'YHWH' count? Or is that simply an acronym?

[جوري]

Greetings,



Or even 'rhythm'.



Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving.



I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself. :hiding:

Great example, though. :thumbs_up



See here for more on this if you're interested.



There is no real consensus, as far as I know.



I'm sure the world's linguistics community will thank you for your vote of confidence.

Peace

good old wiki.. why didn't I think of that..

thanks. .. how scarce they are.. I do love words...and odd numbers but that is a topic for another day and another thread...

[جوري]

Etymology of 'cwm' is Welsh. Thought so.

Also, does 'YHWH' count? Or is that simply an acronym?

that is the the Sacred Tetragrammaton, you are not allowed to say God's name apparently in one version of the OT of course in others Elohim is used... I learned that from Br. Yusuf yesterday..

:w:

[czgibson]

Greetings,

Yes there is a consensus... Y is a vowel.... in school its A E I O U and sometimes Y. its not can be used as a vowel... its just it is sometimes. and for the record. EVERY english word has a vowel it is impossible to say the word if it has no vowel... Or thats according to my teachers...

The difficulty is that a vowel is a sound, not a letter. There is no doubt that 'y' can be used as a vowel, people just differ on whether it should be included in the list of vowels because it is used as a consonant at other times.

It's not a huge worry, though, really. :)

Peace

[Tony]

TRYST Feast ur eyes on that

[جوري]

lol.. I can tell that just came to you probably after visiting the thread about the husband who got kissed by two random chics with kissing fever...

[Grofica]

dude y is so a vowel....

[Tony]

lol.. I can tell that just came to you probably after visiting the thread about the husband who got kissed by two random chics with kissing fever...

lol, oh no I am becoming transparrent on an anonymous forum !!:D

[Tony]

dude y is so a vowel....

y wrong y know

[جوري]

lol, oh no I am becoming transparrent on an anonymous forum !!:D

no, it is me, I am that good :D

[Banu_Hashim]

lol good job.. how about the other form lurkers?
and isn't 'Y' technically a vowel?

I think it's a special type vowel. Honorary vowel if you like. And, as i've just found out, vowels are sounds rather than letters of the alphabet.

[Santoku]

here is one I learned today

cwm: noun: A steep bowl-shaped mountain basin, carved by glaciers. Also known as cirque.

who knew.. thought I'd share, interested in more though..

:w:

Why.........sorry - couldn't resist it.

[S.Belle]

Tv, dvd, vcr, cd....

[Rafeeq]

RT, MT, PT, VT

(Although these are abbreviations)

[Muhaba]

shhhhhh that's a word without a vowel

[IAmZamzam]

Official English words always have vowel sounds but I do know of one word which does not have the letters A, E, I, O, U, or Y: "crwth". (It rhymes with "booth".) It means "crowd", and given that they both start with "cr" and are five letters long I suspect it may be a variant of the word carried over from Middle English.