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2007-01-16 03:48:02 · 11 answers · asked by beeyellowarena 1 in Education & Reference Trivia

11 answers

Shhh! Grrr! Psst! Zzzz! are true words and therefore qualify as words without vowels. If we disqualify these words and words ending in y (together with acronyms such as RSVP and abbreviations such as P.S. and P.M. ), every English word contains at least one of the principal vowels.

2007-01-16 03:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

I am sure on 'cwm'. I don't know about the other welsh word. I can tell you that anyone who says you can't have a word with out a vowel is an idiot. Y is not a vowel and look at how many words have just a Y.

2007-01-16 22:13:47 · answer #2 · answered by Winston S 2 · 0 0

There is no such thing! Because in grammar you HAVE to have a vowel for a completed word. The one with the Welsh insturment is not an English word because it is Welsh. And the Grr and Psst are exclamations! They are not in the dictionary.

2007-01-16 09:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Hmmp,

In the world of text messaging there's a lot of english words that didn't contains vowels nor y, and it's understandable and accepted by the readers.

2007-01-16 04:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by Am just a Jealous Guy 2 · 0 0

There are no English words without vowels or y. I don't count Grrr, Pssst and Shhh as words.

2007-01-16 19:52:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Another such word is cwm--a word for a valley.
It comes from Welsh.
Also crwth--a sort of violin.

2007-01-16 08:11:50 · answer #6 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0 0

Nth

2007-01-17 05:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by Kevin 2 · 0 0

Grrr.

2007-01-16 03:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

crwth (Welsh instrument), cwm (basin within a mountain),
onomatopoeic: psst, Tsk-Tsk, grr, brr, shhh, hmmm, mm-hmmm,
expressions: mt, yd, km, gr, lb or nth.
Chinese family name: Ng

without vowel but with y: crypt, by, thy, sky, syzygy, rhythm, fly, lynx, pygmy, Twyndyllyng, why, nymph, cry, pygmy, cyst, dry, thy, try, fry, gym, gyp, shy, gypsy, hymn, lynch, my, spy, myrrh, myth, pry, psych, sly

2007-01-16 04:22:49 · answer #9 · answered by gospieler 7 · 2 1

that's a hard one
let me know when u find out

2007-01-16 08:32:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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