In Dialects^x, Vowels^x, Fricatives^x

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...

Yes, I do sound a little like John Wayne, pardner. No need to get in a twist, King-- my tongue is obviously doing something back there: it is all tensed up, controlling the air flow and who knows what-all. The discussion, however, is intended to get foreign students to differentiate their /r/...