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07-22-2006 01:08 AM ET (US)
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01-02-2003 02:35 PM ET (US)
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The OED (first edition, I have not checked second) says that "M" is a sometimes a vowel. That's a high enough authority for me.
Incidentally, the only other letter not commonly considered a vowel that the OED mentions functions is one is "J" in very rare instances, such as in HALLELUJAH.
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12-31-2002 11:08 PM ET (US)
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'M' is not a vowel in "rhythm". Vowels do not involve obstructive movements, like pressing the tongue or closing the mouth.
Try to pronounce the "M" in "rhythm" without closing your mouth. You can't, so it's a consonant.
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12-31-2002 05:28 PM ET (US)
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The vowel page (#6) omits mentioning that M is sometimes a vowel in English. Pretty big omission, considering how few people realize it. That page even mentions:
PSYCHORHYTHMS (W2) is the longest word with only one vowel, ignoring Y [Stuart Kidd].
Forgeting that M is acting as a vowel in that context. (It provides the sound for the final syllable.)
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12-31-2002 04:28 PM ET (US)
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You can achieve this word by progressively, in turn, adding on "buta" to "zone," then "phen," then "oxy." I suspect the odds of this happening, while also getting the max point value, are very low, even when played annually for all the time in the universe to date.
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12-31-2002 03:37 PM ET (US)
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Whoa, that is SO wierd, whenever I have the letters O,X,Y,P,H,E,N,B,U,T,A,Z,O,N and *hopefully* another E, That's the word I always spell!
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