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From: philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: Re: Vowelless words
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In article <3ng3ti$2tq@mordred.cc.jyu.fi>
           jorma@jytko.jyu.fi "Jorma Kyppo" writes:
> Interesting. I sent in this thread a few weeks ago a question:
> what kind of definition linguistics have for a vowel and consonant?
> I would be pleased if somebody could tell it in such words, that
> also we amateurs could get the point.
> Or are there several definitions?

IIRC this was answered a few months ago. Perhaps it should be in 
the FAQ?

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