Victus pro Sententia: Knowing Mr. Vowel

Good afternoon fellas…

It’s been a day of exhausted people around but the sun shines so bright. I am so excited to share to you the story of  Vowel. Yes Vowel. What are Vowel?.

Well perhaps some known vowels perfectly, of course we being students known them since grade one, but are we really sure that we know Mr. Vowel?

English has been so complex that even in a short period of time it evolves… “evolving” because Things we know might change within just a snap. Vowels are said to be, ”  A;E;I;O;U; & Y are the English vowels, although Y can also behave as a consonant when it is at the beginning of a word. A vowel is a sound where air coming from the lungs is not blocked by the mouth or throat.All normal English words contain at least one vowel.” (English Dictionary.com)

and not just that…

It’s an OPEN sound,   it is produced by notblocking the breath with the lips, teeth, or tongue.

• … is always voiced (VD), ie. the vocal cords vibrate.
  The word “vowel” came into English 600 years ago, originating in the Latin “vocalis” meaning “voice.”

The importance of vowels in distinguishing one word from another varies from language to language. Nearly all languages have at least three phonemic vowels, usually /i/, /a/, /u/ as in Classical Arabic and Inuktitut (or /æ/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/ as in Quechua), though Adyghe and many Sepik languages have a vertical vowel system of /ɨ/, /ə/, /a/. Very few languages have fewer, though some Arrernte, Circassian, Ndu languages have been argued to have just two, /ə/] and /a/, with [ɨ] being epenthetic. It is not straightforward to say which language has the most vowels, since that depends on how they are counted. For example, long vowels, nasal vowels, and various phonation may or may not be counted separately; indeed, it may sometimes be unclear if phonation belongs to the vowels or the consonants of a language. If such things are ignored and only vowels with dedicated IPA letters (‘vowel qualities’) are considered, then very few languages have more than ten.

that is why we take-up “Speech”,”Linguistics” and “Grammar” courses to enhance such…

“Knowing what you don’t Know is a way of being SMART “

and

“Doing something to Know what you don’t know is a WITFUL ACT”