Fred wrote the lines demanded in a hand as gentlemanly as that of any viscount or bishop of the day: the vowels were all alike and the consonants only distinguishable as turning up or down, the strokes had a blotted solidity and the letters disdained to keep the line—in short, it was a manuscript of that venerable kind easy to interpret when you know beforehand what the writer means.
Putonghua has only three — n, ng and 'er — but most syllables instead end with vowels.
The classes lasted for six months, after which the children were tested on their ability to discriminate words based on differences in tone, consonants, or vowels.
The results were said to be surprising with all the vowels placed in the area assigned to the right thumb, whereas the left thumb is given more keys.
The results were said to be surprising with all the vowels placed in the area assigned to the right thumb, whereas the left thumb is given more keys.
As a British journalist,it's perfectly obvious to me that we have the correct amount of 'u's,and that American spelling has lost its vowels along the way.
The Greeks produced a fully-developed alphabet, with vowels, about 3,000 years ago.
Practice British consonants and vowels with repetitive ditties, like "Ten tiny typists tripped through the tunnel"; after that, graduate to reading whole chapters of British novels aloud.
There was a naughty Boy A naughty boy was he He would not stop at home He would not quiet be—— He took In his Knapsack A book Full of vowels And a shirt With some towels—— A slight cap For night cap—— A hair brush Comb ditto New Stockings For old ones Would split O This Knapsack Tight at's back He rivetted close And followed his nose To the North To the North And followed his noseTo the
