http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htm#743124Fri, 22 May 2009 23:19:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:743124cwtch0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htm#743124http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-743124.xmldiphong Should be dipthong. Please excuse my typo&#39;s. I was in a car accident and I&#39;m having to type with one hand.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htm#741883Fri, 22 May 2009 04:46:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:741883cwtch1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htm#741883http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-741883.xml&#39;W&#39; came into English as a stand alone vowel through borrowed words from Welsh. A few of them surviven English today and are basically archaic and really only used for novelty. cwm: A steep bowl-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream. cwtch: a hug or a safe place. These are the only two that I know of that are accepted by the Oxford English Dictionary. See my screen name. Also, &#39;W&#39; is part of a vowel diphong in words such as: how, wow, pow, paw, raw ect.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htm#741860Fri, 22 May 2009 04:30:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:741860Philip2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htm#741860http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-741860.xmlLong, long ago and far, far away, I once learned that w is really more often a part of a diphthong rather than a pure vowel. Ho w , co w , fe w . Examples of when it is a consonant w ay, w izard. The best way to tell is if it creates a separate syllable (consonant), or divides syllables. If not, it is a &quot;vowel&#39; forming a diphthong. There have been other discussions about this on these forums, but they are highly argumentative and often not very consistent. Take a look at them if you&#39;d like. Likewise with y : bo y diphthong; y es consonant. Kenned y (definitely a vowel).http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htmFri, 22 May 2009 03:56:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:741817Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WAsAVowel/wxqxz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-741817.xmlAre there any words, in English, where the letter &#39;w&#39; is a vowel? As in the vowels are: a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y and w.