Vowels vs. Consonants

I think this poll was done before 

'm rthr fnd f cnsnnts. 

You know what's wrong?  The words vowel and consonant have both have vowels and consonants.  I hereby rename them oe and cnsnnt.  Of course you won't be allowed to pluralize the former.

Maybe vowels are actually better because apparently you can buy one of them.


Edited by Slartibartfast - October 05 2010 at 10:48

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Man With Hat wrote: Consonants by far. So many to choose from.   And don't give me this quality over quanity bs. Limited quality in vowels easy.

Damn, I didn't care but you're passionate defense of consonants has swayed me.

Edited by Paravion - October 06 2010 at 18:12

Slartibartfast wrote: 'm rthr fnd f cnsnnts.  You know what's wrong?  The words vowel and consonant have both have vowels and consonants.  I hereby rename them oe and cnsnnt.  Of course you won't be allowed to pluralize the former. Maybe vowels are actually better because apparently you can buy one of them.

Of course you can pluralize it!  Just add an i (ex: octopi).  A collection of oei.  I like the sound of that.  Similar to the bellow of a Howler Monkey, actually. 

As for my personal choice...consonants.  They are the workhorses of language, sculpting themselves around their more-fortunate, emotive cousins.  I often appreciate the setting more than the gemstone, and vernacular is no exception. 


Edited by Lozlan - October 06 2010 at 22:29

Paravion wrote: The T wrote: As proved by the stupid text-message language, you can comunicate only using consonants. I don't believe you can with just vowels.  Though some people seem to talk with their bowels... ' You can communicate without using either, as is the case with morse codes, sign language and various other forms of non-verbal communication. It's not a valid conclusion that consonants bear a higher degree of communicative ability than vowels.  Vowels and consonants are sounds - and I direct attention to their physiological and functional attributes. Written language doesn't concern phoneticians.

I would have to resort to personal experience. I abhor the use of this system if we can call it that way, I still write full damn words even if it takes me much longer. But most people I contact with write with this overly simplified txt message style and consonants rule. Pls (please), thnks (thanks), txt, etc etc. Of course, acronyms or abbreviations (how would they be called? remember english is not my first language) are also part of this form of communication and then vowels come to help like in the hated-by-me LOL or LMAO or all of that...  

Paravion wrote: In text messages you are are not free to use as many characters as you want. So from an 'economic' point of view it makes a lot of sense to shorten the words. That words in most cases are abbreviated by just writing the consonants is probably because they orthographically are more helpful as means to identify the word. Pls is easier to identify than eae.  I don't understand how it is 'stupid' or something that is a bad thing.

I'm pretty sure that was the original point he was making.

Introducing: The Paravion Method: Argue with someone about something they've said then, later, say the same thing back to them as if it were your own idea.


Edited by thellama73 - October 07 2010 at 12:41

Edited by The T - October 07 2010 at 12:52