Teacher Eric  +  62038 Fri, 17 Dec 04 07:05 PM "Nymphs" is the best I could come up with. I wonder if there are other longer words. Teacher Eric Joined on Mon, Aug 16 2004 Full Member 171 Manila-based ESL/ESP teacher with a TESOL. Hoping to get a "Pass" in the DELTA.

	merywen  +  78587 Sat, 05 Mar 05 05:03 AM It is true that English has the phonotactic constraint that every word must contain a vowel. Orthographically, "y" may symbolize either a consonant, or a vowel (or a "semi-consonant" if you consider glides as such) However, it is NOT true that every language requires every word to contain a vowel. Take a look at Berber. Here's a really nicely written paper looking at the Tashlhiyt dialect of Berber (spoken in the southern part of Morocco) if you want more info. www.answers.com/topic/tifinagh If you don't want to read the paper, at least here are 3 examples of words from it: (1) tftXtstt "you rolled it (fem)"* (2) tqssf “it shrunk (fem)” (3) tfktstt “you gave it (fem)” *(X=uvular fricative) merywen Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005 New Member 01 Vowels, Consonants, Dialects, Fricatives

	tragically_l33t  +  110719 Mon, 20 Jun 05 03:44 AM i always thought that the term for planetary bodies being in alignment was ... crap i forgot!! damn it...!! wait, ill remember... ... ... ahh... synergy tragically_l33t Joined on Mon, Jun 6 2005 New Member 37