Comments on: Cwm

By: Don Fallick

Don Fallick — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:45:27 +0000

Each of the three statements in your very brief post is not quite right. It’s kyoom, it does contain a vowel– w, and it’s more of a bowl than a valley. See my lengthy post for details. And yes, it does come from Welsh, which regularly uses w for a vowel.

By: John Darrow

John Darrow — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:42:12 +0000

Let’s add twp, crwth, cwtch, and hwyl as other words with W as a vowel.

By: ruthie

ruthie — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:54:09 +0000

elmo, y is used as a vowel in many, many words. haven’t you ever heard “A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y”?

By: Elmo Leon

Elmo Leon — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:59:29 +0000

there’s a big mistake here!
it’s not the only English word without a vowel.
what about sky, spy, sly, fly, try etc.?

By: Bill Forst

Bill Forst — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:36:33 +0000

I believe it is adopted from Welsh.