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In article <RP7i32w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>, arktik@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Ryan Daum) writes:
> btiffany@pbs.org writes:
>> FOURTEEN?  Well, when I was knee high from the floor in school they taught me
>> only FIVE:  A E I O and U!  It was mentioned that sometimes Y can act like
>> a vowel, but it is still a consonant.  So at most you might say English has
>> 5.5 vowels.  But 14??  Where did you come up with such a figure?
>> 
>> -- Bruce Tiffany					btiffany@pbs.org
> 
> 
> Easy!  Just include all the different ways of saying vowel 
> combinations... 
> 
> For example, the "au" combination is not pronounced "a-u" ... it's a 
> single sound therefore it's a seperate vowel?
>
Also, note that many vowels play multiple-roles: eg. a can be "ah" or 
"eh" or "er" etc. e can be "ii" "eh" etc usw.

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