Does not contain a single vowel between 2 letters like most countries, could you think of any country with no vowels in between any 2 letters.
Try to think of any country with no vowels between letters
2007-09-04 20:55:00 · 12 answers · asked by 123 3 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
I discovered this after translating a whole contract for a mobile company.
lol
2007-09-04 20:56:32 · update #1
Actually, there is a vowel between two consonants. In this case, the vowel is the sound which is represented by the word "y".
Here is a description of the word Egypt:
E vowel.
G consonant.
Y vowel "Yes!! I'll tell you why"
P consonant.
T consonant.
When you think of vowels and consonants, DO NOT think of the letters. Think of the sounds the letters represent.
I will explain more. We all know that "a" comes before consonants, and "an" comes before vowels.
We say "an" hour. Why? Because the word hour starts with a vowel not a consonant.
Notice this one :
We DO NOT SAY "AN European". We say "a" European. Why?
Because the word European does not start with a vowel. It starts with a consonant.
Notice this one too:
We do not say " an unit" . We say "a" unit. In the mean time, we do not say "a" umbrella. We say "an" umbrella.
What I am trying to say is that vowels and consonants are not determined by the letters. They are determined by the sounds.
The question is: How should you know whether a specific letter represents a vowel or a consonant?
The answer is that you have to take a course in
"Phonetics". This course will teach you how to decipher the "weird" symbols that you can locate in any English- English dictionary next to the words.
The only two consonants in the word Egypt ,which do not have a vowel in between, are the consonants "p" and "t". This is not a very unusual case, because if you consider the word "States", you will find that there are no vowels between "s" and "t". The same goes in England, with "n" and "g".
2007-09-04 23:53:56 · answer #1 · answered by Ismaily Rules 4 · 8⤊ 0⤋
the vowels are : aeiou and sometimes y... in this case y is a vowel.
The easiest way to explain it is : use a before a "hard" sound, a basket, a university, a european
use an before a soft sound: an egg , an umbrella ,
y as a vowel: by, cry, sky, egypt, ect. notice that the letter before the y is a consonant.
2007-09-05 12:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by HopelessZ00 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the word Egypt in Arabic which is Misr yes you are right.No other country is like that, excellent.
2007-09-05 04:51:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow , you are right i brought the map and checked and guess what , not even a city without vowels exept for one city in russia named OMSK
2007-09-05 07:28:21 · answer #4 · answered by emy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In this case, "y" is the vowel...
2007-09-05 04:04:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
You are correct sir!
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_member_states#Current_members
Good Luck!!!
2007-09-05 04:59:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's why we r always special. Anyway i didn't notice that before. well done.
2007-09-05 05:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by Desert Rose 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cool i didn't notice that
good jop man
2007-09-05 08:58:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yeah..didn't notice...
what i noticed about egypt..it's from the few countries(if not the only one) that its arabic name is not related what so ever with its english name.....
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2007-09-05 05:55:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Very nice, I didn't know
Star fo you.
2007-09-05 08:27:37 · answer #10 · answered by Nony 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋