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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:17 PM
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Poll question: Does You Last Name End In A Consonant Or A Vowel?
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:17 PM
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1. I'll be whoever you want me to be.
Predicate nominative.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:18 PM
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Dissonant
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:18 PM
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2. ends in 3 voweLs
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:34 PM
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5. 3 vowels? Can you spare one?
My whole name has 2 (9 letters total. My family left the old country searching for vowels, and was fortunate enough to find one.)
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:36 PM
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6. you can have the 'x' my famiLy Lopped off
generations ago.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 09:05 PM
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8. Your Last Name Used To Be "SEX"??
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 10:18 PM
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9. No thanks. I have enough constanants.
A vowel, a vowel, my kingdom for a vowel.
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Trigger Hippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 07:57 AM
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28. Don't tell me
your last name ends in "eau" ????
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:19 PM
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3. both
because the letter in question can be a consonant or a vowel.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:19 PM
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4.  Y is sometimes a consonant and sometimes a
Edited on Tue Jun-21-05 07:20 PM by ikojo
vowel, so I don't know how to answer that question. I guess that since the letter that precedes the Y is a vowel, the Y would then become a consonant.

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cprise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 07:53 PM
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7. That's my whole last name: "Sometimes Y"
People refer to me as "The Artist Sometimes Known As 'Y'"

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MadAsHellNewYorker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 08:23 AM
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29. Y for me...i say Vowel
i have 3 consonants before the last y, so it has to be a vowel...
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Lannes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 10:19 PM
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10. It ends in a grunt
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:16 PM
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11. Other


"Y"
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:17 PM
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12. Yes.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 02:14 AM
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26. Me too!
:hi:
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:20 PM
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13. Neither
or both. It's a Y
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:36 PM
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14. You tell me, my last name ends with the letter Y.
A E I O U and sometimes Y
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:36 PM
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15. Would you mind spelling out the syllable?
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:42 PM
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16. Sure
Y
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:43 PM
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17. Then it is a vowel
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:26 AM
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23. Yes, it's a vowel. No one here would ever be able to guess my last name.
It's too simple.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 11:58 PM
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18. i'm a boomer
it ends in a vowel like zillions of others :eyes:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:12 AM
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19. My last name is boring and typical....
Nothing special about it, and it ends in a consonant...R...

:silly:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:15 AM
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20. Mine ends in an R too
except so many people can't pronounce mine. I don't think it's that difficult. :shrug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:18 AM
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21. That's unfortunate, that so many people can't pronounce it...
I'd be worried if you couldn't say it! After all, you've had it for some time, I'd presume!

:shrug:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:38 AM
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25. LOL!
Edited on Wed Jun-22-05 02:15 AM by u4ic
Yes, it's been with me for a while - The second letter of my last name is a Y, and that's there the problem starts. Some pronounce it as a ih (as it should be), but others may pronounce it as eye, and if they do the latter, I sound like a very tasty alcoholic drink.

I'd think, considering my city's nickname is Edmonchuck, that someone could pronounce a relatively simple Ukrainian-sounding last name.

Believe me, I've seen worse! :evilgrin:
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giant_robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:23 AM
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22. I have to say "vowel"
My name ends in a "y", but I think in this particular case, "y" is a vowel, since it's pronounced "eee" rather than "yuh", if that makes any sense. :silly:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 01:26 AM
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24. Two Consonants!
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 07:55 AM
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27. Consonant
I'm a boring wasp. :silly:
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 08:58 AM
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30. I'm Italian so a Vowel of course
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 09:10 AM
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32. Buon giorno!
German maiden name ending in a consonant, hyphenated with Italian married name ending with a vowel. :hi:
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 09:05 AM
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31. i'm conflicted
maiden name ends in a consonant
married name ends in a vowel

:crazy:
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