Talk:List of words without vowel letters

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Wow--pardon my saying, but this page is kind of terrible. There's not a shadow of a doubt that "y" is a vowel in crypt, syzygy, or lynx; the discussion of the latter word looks to me like it falls into the "patent nonsense" category. And how does "y as a consonant" run "counter to the system of English spelling"? I'd recommend this for deletion if I felt qualified to. --Tahnan, dropping by

Well ... "y as a consonant" does pretty much run counter to reality if you read it as meaning "y is never a vowel", which is what the sentence is saying, when taken in context. But the wording "counter to the system of English spelling" is a bit obtuse. And I have to agree that even mentioning y-only words on this page is rather silly, except possibly for a brief one-sentence dismissal. The lynx entry in particular seems completely fabricated -- at least it refers to nothing I've ever seen before. Breadbox 00:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Y and w are vowels when used as such. This includes when used in pairings such as -ay and -ow. - jc37 07:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

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