psst
tsk
look it up at dictionary.com
Oh, and for the people with the"y" words:
Yes, the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant! In terms of sound, a vowel is 'a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction...', while a consonant is 'a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed' (definitions from the New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1998). The letter Y can be used to represent different sounds in different words, and can therefore fit either definition. In myth or hymn it is clearly a vowel, and also in words such as my, where it stands for a diphthong (a combination of two vowel sounds). On the other hand, in a word like beyond there is an obstacle to the breath which can be heard between two vowels, and the same sound begins words like young and yes. (This consonant sound, like that of the letter W, is sometimes called a 'semivowel' because it is made in a similar way to a vowel, but functions in contrast to vowels when used in words.) Whether the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant is therefore rather an arbitrary decision. The letter is probably more often used as a vowel, but in this role is often interchangeable with the letter I. However, the consonant sound is not consistently represented in English spelling by any other letter, and perhaps for this reason Y tends traditionally to be counted among the consonants.
CWM (a glacial hollow on a hillside) has the rare W as a vowel, as does CRWTH (a type of stringed instrument). Both words are in MWCD10. They are pronounced "koom" and "krooth" (rhyming with room and truth).
Other such words include BRRR, GRR, HMMMM, JHVH, MR., MRS., MS, NTH, PFFT, pH, PHPHT, PHT, PSST, SH, SHH, SSSHHHHH, TSK, TSKS, TSKTSK, TSKTSKS, TV, YHWH, ZZZ, HSH (hush, W3), ST (silence, quiet, W3), TCH (vexation or disgust, W3), TCK (surprise or displeasure), and TST (hissed sound enjoining silence, W3). PHFFFT! and SSSSSSS are titles of movies from 1954 and 1973. The OED has TPRW (the sound of a horn). GRRL is in the Macquarie Dictionary, with the alternate spelling GRRRL [Charles Turner].
2006-10-06 17:21:43
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answered by Anonymous
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The skeptic is likely to say, "But that's not a real word." But here are a few that are used, at the very least in a colloquial sense.
psst!, shh, tsk tsk, TV, mm-hmm
Slightly more interesting words without orthographic vowels are those written forms that represent words with pronounced vowels, but don't have them written: abbreviations such as Mr. or Mrs. (or Ms, not an abbreviation) , or other types of words such as nth. These all are pronounced with vowel sounds, but they don't have orthographic vowels. Some people choose to consider these "words without vowels" accordingly, although they do have vowel sounds; others will say something like, "They're just abbreviations, so they don't count."
2006-10-06 17:36:35
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answered by Jester 3
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while i replaced into 6 years previous, my schoolmistress suggested, "There are not any words in the English language that have not any vowels. To absolutely everyone who can tell me a word without vowels, i will supply threepence." I raised my hand and suggested, "Shhh." The mistress regarded at me very contemptuously and suggested, "He thinks 'shhh' is a word. in spite of the undeniable fact that this isn't any longer; this is basically a valid that persons make." a pair of weeks later, the mistress asked the class, "Has absolutely everyone concept-approximately a word with none vowels yet?" yet another little boy raised his hand and suggested, "My. try. Sky." "No," replied the mistress, "'y' is a vowel there. yet i will supply you threepence besides, in view which you have been questioning." after all those years, I *nonetheless* think of my occasion replaced into better than that different little boy's. i choose MY THREEPENCE! The word "vowel" has better than one meaning. From MWCD10: # a million: certainly one of a form of speech sounds in the articulation of which # the oral area of the breath channel isn't blocked and isn't any longer # constricted sufficient to reason audible friction; widely : the single # maximum well-liked sound in a syllable 2: a letter or different image # representing a vowel -- usu. utilized in English of a, e, i, o, u, and # specially circumstances y babies are frequently taught experience 2, because of the fact meaning a million could be greater durable for them to attraction to close. yet in view that experience 2 isn't that *useful* different than as a coarse approximation to experience a million (and on the U.S. television tutor Wheel of Fortune), "words without vowels" in experience 2 (alongside with "cwm", "nth", "Mrs.", and "television") are no longer extraordinarily thrilling. words without vowels in experience a million (alongside with "shhh", "psst", and "mm-hmm") *are* thrilling, because of the fact they let us know some thing relating to the phonology of the language.
2016-10-18 23:11:04
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answered by ? 4
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Tsk Tsk!!
Ps...words with no vowels, but that do include a "y" shouldn't count, as in those instances the "y" IS considered a vowel. That's what I was always taught anyhow.
2006-10-06 17:24:20
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answered by freyas_kin28 6
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EVERY word in the english language contains a vowel! Y is a vowel sometimes, for example in the word try!
2006-10-06 17:26:44
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answered by lajuice8080 1
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Pardon me for saying so, but only one person that answered was correct and they might not have known they were. Just because you can use a "sound" that is spelled out, doesn't make it a word.
IS IT IN THE DICTIONARY???????????????
That's the only rule that applies. If it isn't, IT IS NOT A WORD.
The only answer that is correct is the word "nth". As in "nth degree", meaning a very large number.
The rest of them are NOT words. abbreviations and "computer speak" are not words until they have been entered into the dictionary, no matter how common their usage or spelling.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.
2006-10-06 17:33:11
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answered by Anonymous
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i forgot which ones, but that are one or two words where the only vowel is a 'W'....
2006-10-06 17:32:12
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answered by NTH IQ 6
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English?
2006-10-06 17:20:30
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answered by It's Been Cool 2
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gypsy - a nomadic woman of Romanian heritage
crypt - vessel for the dead
szyrgy - the phase of the moon where an eclipse is imminent
hymn - a religious poem of worship
wynd - a wynd is a lane off of a lane.
tryst - an affair of short duration
psych - pre-fix pertaining to psychology
2006-10-06 17:20:31
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answered by Anonymous
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I certainly will try......One of my English teachers told me long ago that if you can USE it in a sentence and it makes sense IT'S A WORD.
the word of the day is FRLL meaning FOR REAL and pronounced FReLL.
Alright, though lame, people use that word every day, with no vowel pronunciation and no one ever says anything like "what did you say?" because they know.
So, FRLL, try it.
2006-10-06 17:25:58
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answered by Barbara 2
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