Anonymous  +  950062 Thu, 22 Oct 09 08:10 PM what is a lazy vowel? and can we have an example! Anonymous Vowels

	Avangi  +  950129 Thu, 22 Oct 09 10:21 PM I didn't find anything in our house search engine, but Google has some stuff on foreign sites that might help: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=91560579520 http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/12715753131277171865624/p0000027.htm Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,180 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Vowels

	Philip  +  950179 Fri, 23 Oct 09 12:21 AM Thanks for you second link, Avangi.  It's much more thorough than what I would have offered.  I'd never heard the ubiquitous schwa called a lazy vowel.  Always learning! Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,736 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Avangi  +  950208 Fri, 23 Oct 09 01:09 AM I'll be happy to take that as a compliment, although it mainly passed from my eye to my finger, only very lightly grazing my brain.  Avangi