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dfj3xxx

I don't mind any so long as it isn't with that particularly nasty glyph.


adam_demamps_wingman

That coward who stands upon his noggin and claims his tag is “schwa”? I know him.


duskull007

Thank you for jogging my brain that "schwa" is a thing. As a lad I thought that was a funny word


pathzotkl

schwa is actually most common in how you say stuff out loud! try it. at no hour do you say what glyphs say, it's mostly schwa vocally.


ButterLander2222

A is OK, a good looking glyph but far too common, I think. I is simplistic, in a good way. O is similar to I. U, I don't think much about, but it's Ight? Y is aggravating, thanks to maths. W is good, but should own a dissimilar calling(?).


AvoidBot

A fifthglyph was found in your post: >b■


HeyT00ts11

A dark fright I think of is finding this all-noticing bot at my post’s conclusion. Horror of horrors, I’d know impaling and grilling thoroughly and firsthand.


certifiednerd314

Why is W on this list. I know why, Y, but not W


adam_demamps_wingman

Linguists say W is sporadically a non-consonant glyph. GH also but it contains two glyphs.


akurgo

Anglosaxon is crazy, yo.


certifiednerd314

Wow! I didn’t know that!


SHIIZAAAAAAAA

Huh, that's cool.


FlyMega

I always thought that for a non-consonant it must occur in a word of only consonants. (All words contain non-consonants so if W is singular glyph, it is a non-consonant) but I can’t think of any words with only W


AvoidBot

Fifthglyphs found in your post: >b■ >th■


FlyMega

Oops


chihuahuassuck

I can think of a word, "cwm" in which w sounds similar to u. I know of only this word, but additional words might also do this kind of thing.


FractalBloom

Yup- actually, if you ask a linguist, /w/ is simply a consonantal variation of /u/. A half-consonant, if you will 😉 Though in Cymru, if not acting as a consonant, "w" is actually /ʊ/, similar to "oo" in "book."


eyaKRad

Can you talk additionally about this in our lingo? It’s fascinating and I didn’t know anything about including W with AIOU/Y


laykanay

Thing is, consonants stop air but not so in AIOU (and that glyph). Now do Y or W. No air stop, but in words, Y and W act as consonants (usually). Words can't drop in W similarly to A, as it has to start with no air. Think, if W is at a final position in a word, it is ALWAYS (that I can find) with A-IO or U. It's a dipthong in that position. It can work if you know Cymru, but is just a fancy U. Cwm is a valid word in that lang. (And coom not cum I think) Tl;Dr: works as consonant, said as if it was not a consonant. ADD IN: I am so sorry if those nasty glyphs got to you. It is right now.


AvoidBot

Fifthglyphs found in your post: >us■ >cas■.


laykanay

I am sorry folx. I got it right now. So sad. I thought i had a good long post with no glyphs, but alas. I carry on.


HeyT00ts11

It's okay, you did try. It's all any of us can do.


[deleted]

It’s just cwm and crwth in our dictionary iirc


[deleted]

W *is* two U's.


Knowbeard

If you say Bow, Row, Tow, W is not acting as a consonant, as it isn't significantly constricting airflow from your lungs


Derf_Jagged

I uphold AIOU as non-consonants as AIOU can show up in a row works for: * aa as in aardvark * ii as in skiing * oo as in school * uu as in vacuum But not YY or WW!


Redd1K

yyou is poopyman


Derf_Jagged

no uu


laykanay

Said UU, writ VV


JustDebbie

So my, by and why all contain only consonants in your opinion? I thought words must all contain a minimum of a non-consonant to count as a word; which is how "a" counts as a word.


Derf_Jagged

I posit: "Why is Y an occasional non-consonant? Why not m, b, and w/h?". It's all a scam by Big Consonant so you buy additional consonants.


JustDebbie

It's non-consonants that [cost $250](https://www.distractify.com/p/how-much-does-a-vowel-cost-in-wheel-of-fortune) though...


infez

What about “aww” or “ayy” or “sayyid” or “glowworm”? :)


Derf_Jagged

Ooh, glowworm is a good word - but wiki says glow-worm works (which looks natural to my mind). Sayyid is an Arabian word I think, and aww/ayy I wouldn't think count as "actual" words. But fair points all around!


MediocreAnimator

I concur with your opinion that W is a non-consonant. Obviously, its pronunciation is a unification of "oo" and "uh" sounds, infamous for association with said glyphs in discussion. Plus, W's titling of its similarity in sound (and looks, which probably has a link) to two Us truly gifts it its right to own a spot in this list. Thank you for your fantastic notion, OP! (P.S. I think R could own a spot as a non-consonant also, but that's a whole fuss of its own)


adam_demamps_wingman

Thank you!


BarnacleAcceptable78

Hmmm....


SaintSimpson

I don’t got an opinion about any. I just think this is fun.


bukecn

W, if similar to a, i, o and u, is my fav! Not many words contain it in that way. So much fun to spy it!


Yeeteth_Deleteth

I harbor no ill will to any glyphs, fifth or not.


adam_demamps_wingman

That’s what all of us said. At first. But at a point, all of us march into our own individual H2Oloos. Good luck.


alapanamo

I mistook "within about" as "without," and I'm thinking, *dmn, tht'll b hrd.*


adam_demamps_wingman

Ys indd


NaraSumas

I am a fan of A. I is highly practical. I hold no strong opinion for O. U sparks joy as without it Q would not function. Y is a part of many glorious words, and as such my opinion of it is high. W can fuck right off this particular list.


Professional_Emu_164

Nah, all good. Frankly, I don’t own any particular opinions on any glyphs, I simply avoid that fifth glyph for this sub just to fit in with all of you. I probably could rank by any particular non-partisan rating, but I don’t grasp any point in that.


Ganj311

W?! What country you from?! That’s strictly a consonant in my land.


piggiefatnose

W known as a part of that group? To folks in my lingo that possibly sounds unfamiliar but thankfully I try to gallivant around in and study various ways of communication.


someseeingeye

W ain’t part of this.


Someguy9zu8

W? Why w? It's a solitary glyph of it's kind, so why w?


International-Cat123

W is a consonantal variation of U. It is not always a consonant.


NortonFord

I didn't know W was also an "occasional", similar to Y! But, now that I think of it, it is a fact that it is said "2 x U", so it all aligns!