On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 19:45:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
(chancellor of the duchy of
besses
o' th' barn and prestwich tesco) arranged some electrons, so
they
looked like this :

... It's not usually, in English. It's technically a glide, or
a
semivowel. ... Another example of one is "w" as in weekend, and
you
don't say or write ... "an weekend" in English either.

Given that W is *not* a vowel, no, I don't.


It's *usually* not a vowel. But in words "few" and "how," it is.



... And E *looks* like a vowel, too !
...
... As was explained already, it's the sound that is important.

Yes, Y sounds like a vowel.


Again, it depends on the word. In a word like "symphony," both
"y"s are vowels. But in a word like "young," the "y" is a
consonant. That's why we say "a young man," not "an young man."

--
Ken Blake
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