Radovan Garabik <garabik at melkor dot dnp dot fmph dot uniba dot sk> understands:
> Conclusion? It is pointless to talk about vowels and consonants, > if you are speaking about a _writing_ system (especially disregarding > the language it concerns). > Vowels and consonants make sense when speaking about pronunciation. Specifically, this highlights the difference between a script (language-independent, like "Latin") and a writing system (language-dependent, like "English," "Welsh," or even "Latin"). Consonants and vowels are about pronunciation, which means they are language-dependent. And to make matters worse, there are semi-consonants, semi-vowels, glides, and GOK what else. Of course, Mark was only differentiating between "vowels" and "non-vowels," but that may not make things much easier; I still wouldn't know where to put English "y". -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
