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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 11:44 PM
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"Y", "W"? Consonant or vowel, make up your mind. We're at war!
Could Colbert be any funnier? (Sorry, just watching last night's show where he named the vowels and when he got to "sometimes "Y" and "W" he said the subject line for this post.)
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:20 AM
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1. Could someone tell me when W is a vowel??
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:22 AM
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2. I think it can be in some Celtic/Welsh words?
:shrug: Not sure, though.
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NastyRiffraff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:50 AM
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3. Yes, in Welsh
W is sometimes pronounced as a U or an O (in between those two, really). Sometimes it's pronounced as an F or a V. As is true in most Welsh pronunciation, depends on what comes before, or after it.
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