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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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 Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:44 am Post subject: 4 different vowels together in Yeouido |
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I just noticed this the other day - I'm not 100% but don't think there are any words in the E language that have 4 consecutive and different vowels one right after the other -
anyone know for sure? if so, what are the rules for putting these vowels together like this?
and what's up with the spelling for Yeouido? I'm wondering if I'm even pronouncing it correctly - I say it as in "Yoh-ee-doe" |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:52 am Post subject: |
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I love the internet.
http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_vowels.html
Words (found in major English dictionaries) consisting entirely of vowels include AA (a type of lava), AE, AI, AIEEE, IAO, OII, EAU, EUOUAE, OE, OO, I, O, A, IO, and UOIAUAI, the last of these being the longest vowel-only word (seven letters).
OUENOUAOU (a stream in the Philippines) has nine letters but only one consonant. It is the longest known place name with only a single consonant.
The English dictionary word with the most consecutive vowels (six) is EUOUAE. Words with five consecutive vowels include QUEUEING, AIEEE, COOEEING, MIAOUED, ZAOUIA, JUSSIEUEAN, ZOOEAE, ZOAEAE. The Hawaiian word HOOIAIOIA (meaning certified) has eight consecutive vowels and is listed in the 1976 Guinness Book of World Records. Allowing proper nouns, URU-EU-UAU-UAU (a language of Brazil) has nine vowels in a row, ignoring hyphens.
HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS is the longest word consisting entirely of alternating vowels and consonants. Other such words are ALUMINOSILICATES, EPICORACOHUMERALER, HEXOSAMINIDASES, ICULANIBOKOLAS, PARAROSANILINES, PARASITOLOGICAL, VERISIMILITUDES. GORAN IVANESEVIC (a top tennis player) is the longest known celebrity name that alternates consonants and vowels. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is the longest name of a country consisting of alternating vowels and consonants. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: |
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the "eo" in "yeo" is one vowel a single phoneme, actually a semi vowel.
the "ui" is also one vowel, also one phoneme. so really it's just two vowels, but (amazingly!!!!!!!) no dipthong. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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wow TJ- awesome trivia there - !!
maybe there should be a trivial pursuit version of the E language?  |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
the "eo" in "yeo" is one vowel a single phoneme, actually a semi vowel.
the "ui" is also one vowel, also one phoneme. so really it's just two vowels, but (amazingly!!!!!!!) no dipthong. |
God, I'm glad someone pointed this out.
I'm constantly amazed that people can be here for years and not catch on to even the most obvious of things. |
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Kimchi Cha Cha
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| Woolloomooloo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney has 8 O's in it. Most people just call it the 'Loo |
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Kimchi Cha Cha
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| Kimchi Cha Cha wrote: |
| Woolloomooloo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney has 8 O's in it. Most people just call it the 'Loo |
Not to be confused with Woolloongabba (the Gabba) in Brisbane, or Wollongong (the Gong), south of Sydney.
I love Aboriginal place names.  |
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Sergio Stefanuto
Joined: 14 May 2009
Location: UK
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| Pay not the slightest attention to Romanization, for that is an abomination |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| Sergio Stefanuto wrote: |
| Pay not the slightest attention to Romanization, for that is an abomination |
I do hope you are joking, because as I've pointed out countless times to others, no matter what language one's native tongue is, if they are learning a new language, if nothing else they do need to know how to write their name in it, and probably other basics such as their address.
so yes, romanization is quite necessary. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
I do hope you are joking, because as I've pointed out countless times to others, no matter what language one's native tongue is, if they are learning a new language, if nothing else they do need to know how to write their name in it, and probably other basics such as their address.
so yes, romanization is quite necessary. |
There needs to be a *sigh* emoticon... |
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Sergio Stefanuto
Joined: 14 May 2009
Location: UK
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Moosehead wrote: |
| I do hope you are joking |
No, I wasn't joking. The Romanization of Korean rarely reflects the pronunciation. To those of us who can speak a lick of Korean (which obviously excludes you), the Romanization of Korean is, as I said, an abomination.
The fact that you would even ask the question in your OP tells you all you need to know. You don't know how to pronounce 여의도 given its Romanization as what it is, so, despite the superficially-pleasing manner in which one might teach one's students how to write their names, what is the point if their teacher (you), or others, cannot pronounce them?
The system of Romanization is hopeless and needs to be overthrown. Presumably you agree, given you cannot even pronounce a major area of Korea's capital based on its Romanization. |
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superacidjax
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
...pointed out countless times to others, no matter what language one's native tongue is, if they are learning a new language, if nothing else they do need to know how to write their name in it, and probably other basics such as their address.
so yes, romanization is quite necessary. |
Wow. No one writes their name in romanized Korean -- that would be writing it in English. What you ought to be pointing out is that the Korean alphabet takes about an hour to learn and that romanization is a very lazy tool for tourists. Pointing out that the Korean language can't be properly romanized is also in order.
Learning Korean from romanization is the source of terrible accents and pronunciations. By the time you "pointed out" romanization.. you could have learned Hangul. |
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:22 am Post subject: |
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EUOUAE
Hard to believe that is a word, but i had to check google, and it exists. Now, how to work this word into future conversations will surely keep me awake. |
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