Jack-in-the-box  +  42512 Mon, 16 Aug 04 07:49 PM Well'it's easy: "zzzzzz", the onomatopoeia representing the noise made by snoring people (or other sounds). Of course, the zeds might be sixty, or sixty-six, or six hundred... Jack-in-the-box Joined on Thu, Jul 1 2004 Italy Junior Member 84 A friend in need is a friend indeed!

	elixir  +  60639 Fri, 10 Dec 04 11:03 AM the crwth is a welsh instrument, not a scottish instrument as earlier stated. in welsh, "w" is usually a vowel, as in this case, so that's not really a word without vowels. as borrowed into english, i don't know what would be considered the proper plural, but in welsh the plural is crwthau. i'd have to disagree also with "y" not counting as a vowel: in the instances sited, it functions as a vowel, not as a consonant. a vowel sound just happens, in those words, to be written with a symbol also used to represent a consonant sound. i've just checked out crwth in my oxford english dictionary: it does not appear. the word as borrowed into english does appear (in english, it's crowd). elixir Joined on Fri, Dec 10 2004 New Member 01 Plurals, Vowels, Consonants

	Hoogard  +  61829 Thu, 16 Dec 04 04:36 PM In swedish it's definately a wovel. Not that it matters anyway =) Just for the record, you can't pronounce any word without using a wovel. Hoogard Joined on Wed, Dec 15 2004 New Member 39