for the language buffs!

...n ng Liquids: r, l Glides: w y Note the following: * The ... Every syllable has a single vowel or diphthong at its center. ... a separate syllable. A single vowel or diphthong may be a ...(C), where V represents a vowel or a diphthong. Restrictions on ...-ran, not *i-kran. 4. Vowel clusters Na’vi allows unlimited ... one to another. Each such vowel represents a separate syllable. Examples:...

...with only 15 letters (a, e, f, i, j, k, l, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, w). More recently I have considered the use of another 4 with limited frequency (b, c, h, y) for a bit ...fits perfectly within the "three-consonant" pattern whereas 'apolp' violates it in 3 different ways (the word starts with a vowel, L's never follow vowels, and P is used twice). Note that each pattern does not follow the same set of ...

Fic: Balance [13/14]

... panic shoots along her spine and instantly spreads a thin sheen of sweat along her entire body. "W-what?" She stutters. Brooke McQueen does not stutter. Sam doesn’t bother asking again, she knows ... dictionary, words pass between them for a while. It’s all shrieks and giggles and nonsensical vowel sounds as Brooke continues smacking Sam with the pillow. Vainly, the shorter girl, being somewhat at ...

Times 24411: homophony!

... last letters in haS linK bY bridgE 15 SASSIEST: ASS in SIEST(a) 21 AVOWAL: sounds like A VOWEL 23 ABUNDANT: BUN(cake that's small) in AD,ANT 25 SLUR(p) 26 TRIPLE JUMP: is ... reversed, A 3 INSINCERE: I(s)N(t), SINCE, RE 4 HASSLE: HAS(=fools), then SLE(w) 5 FREE ASSOCIATION: the first part is R in FEE 6 NATURIST: (TRUMAN,IS), clever surface 7...

Happy Yule Balls, hereticalvision!

... Teddy blinked, not understanding where this was going. 'Huh?' 'Well,' Harry said slowly, drawing out the vowel, only to rush on, 'I'm curious. Of course, I know it's technically none of my business,...to the door. The closed door. Teddy felt his fingers shake, and he hastily put the frame down. 'W-wha—?' he stuttered weakly. 'You missed it when you picked up the others.' It took Teddy a moment ...

Skxawng!

... language, with its own peculiar phonetics, lexicon and syntax. From the mind of Paul Frommer, a professor at the University of Southern California, was born a Na’vi language, with mellifluous vowel clusters, popping ejectives and a grammatical system elaborate enough to make a polyglot blush. Why go to all the trouble? Do audiences really care if aliens on the silver screen are speaking in well-...

yet another 3-1 club session

... vs mollie / AVERAgE DENOTES / TASTING ROUtING / W 452-380 2) vs robin / OVERTIME THRIvER / sOUTANE / W 427-310 3) vs bruce / SUbTASK / ENTIRES DIETETIC...and suddenly i had a 6-vowel hand, i played 3 for pts...----------------------------------- 2| V R O U W X E N I A S...O G G E R| 11| - W O O | 12|' - ' - '| 13| - ' ' - | 14| ...ARENOSE ArTICLES AUKLETS / ENSNARL AROINTED DIVuLGE / W 554-390. i also got ...

Rewatch Post S1EP01: Weclome to the Hellmouth QUOTES

... of day. They're all real! Buffy: What? You, like, sent away for the Time-Life series? Giles: Ah, w-w-w-yes. Buffy: Did you get the free phone? Giles: Um, the calendar. Angel: Ah, heh. Is there a problem, ...'s hard for me to say anything cool, or, or witty, or at all. I-I can usually make a few vowel sounds, and then I have to go away. Buffy: Not original, I'll grant you, but it's true. You ...

Linguistics; ET languages; your comments (2)...

... I didn't define my terms -- neither "vowel" nor "consonant" -- are absolutely right, and I .... That of course means that the vowel/consonant distinction has to be a continuum,...R] and the English glides [Y and W and H] are neither strictly vowels nor ... linguists, as falling somewhere on the vowel/consonant continuum; that is, as either vowel-like or consonant-like. I don't believe they would perceive ...

Fic-“Long Ago (And Far Away) (7/10)”

... rain, stopped and stared with slack jaws at them. They pointed and muttered in their strange, vowel-laden language as their group passed by. Rodney followed into the hut and allowed himself to collapse ...Then she clapped her hands twice and her helpers pulled small but deadly looking knives from their skirts. “W-wait a second!” Rodney cried, lurching forward, trying to get to his feet. “What the ...