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What about ‘rhythm’? Ignoring the “y” rule?

Its not really English its Celtic.

@Dug, “rhythm” is not the only word that contains only the letter “y” as a vowel. There are also “fly,” “sky,” “try,” “nymph,” etc.

What about Hymn?

True enough. I think “rhythm” is the longest word in the English language without any vowels? (excluding ‘y’). I could be mistaken though.

The only word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary without a vowel is “shhh”.

Hmmm, what about “tsk”?

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Not to mention crypt…. total bollocks.

The fact that the y sounds as a vowel makes it count as a vowel. Duh.

actually y really isnt a vowel. there are only 5 (a, e, i, o, and u obvsly) How does a letter sound like a vowel anyway?? It just sounds like a letter to me

um, u guys are all listing words with “y” in them saying that it would be vowel-less if u ignore the y being a vowel rule. y do u think they say “y” is sometimes a vowel?!

Y isn’t a vowel, you fools. It’s a consonant on Countdown, ’nuff said.

Crwth is technically a welsh word, and in welsh ‘w’ constitutes a vowel.

rhythm is the LONGEST word without a vowel in English.
and that pics bullshit its not ‘English’ its WELSH! r sum form of ancient welsh/cltic variant, Gaelic maybe

a, e, i, o, u, sometimes y, and rarely w.

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This is all as per the Oxford Dictionary

Yes, the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant! In terms of sound, a vowel is ‘a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction…’, while a consonant is ‘a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed’ (definitions from the New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1998). The letter Y can be used to represent different sounds in different words, and can therefore fit either definition. In myth or hymn it is clearly a vowel, and also in words such as my, where it stands for a diphthong (a combination of two vowel sounds). On the other hand, in a word like beyond there is an obstacle to the breath which can be heard between two vowels, and the same sound begins words like young and yes. (This consonant sound, like that of the letter W, is sometimes called a ‘semivowel’ because it is made in a similar way to a vowel, but functions in contrast to vowels when used in words.) Whether the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant is therefore rather an arbitrary decision. The letter is probably more often used as a vowel, but in this role is often interchangeable with the letter I. However, the consonant sound is not consistently represented in English spelling by any other letter, and perhaps for this reason Y tends traditionally to be counted among the consonants.

pwned by oxford.

CWM is a word…..pronounced koom

sphynx is as long as rhythm…

cwm is also welsh… but i gues it can b used in english as well…

i don’t understand

‘gym’ doesnt have a vowel

Anonymous :The fact that the y sounds as a vowel makes it count as a vowel. Duh.

and the w in crwth counts as a vowel. lrn2 celtic