lunes, 26 de febrero de 2007

Vowels and Consonants


Definition

The terms vowel and consonant refer to the sounds which make up the spoken language.

Vowels are open sounds and consonants are relatively closed.

The idea that English has five vowels - a, e, i, o, and u - is slightly misleading. This statement refers to those letters of the alphabet which can be used to represent some of the many open sounds of the language.