THERE ARE at least two words with seven consecutive consonants: 'rhythms' and 'strychnine'. Miranda Blayney, Richmond, Surrey. UNSYNCHRONISED. B. N. Tattersall, Prestbury, Lancs. IF 'CONSONANT' is ...
Consonants are the rest of the letters in the alphabet: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z The letter 'y' is a bit different, because ...
Speech consists of a continuous stream of acoustic signals, yet humans can segment words from each other with astonishing precision and speed. To find out how this is possible, a team of linguists has ...
Speech is not just a series of sounds; speech also elicits a series of representations, such as syllables, vowels, or consonants, which our brains identify as such from the very early onset of ...
Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge comes from listener Jim Bricker, of Wayland, Mass. Think of three common six-letter words that have vowels in the second and fifth positions. The last five ...
On-air challenge: For each of the following words and phrases, the consonants in it are the same consonants, in the same order, as those of a world capital. You name the capital. Next week's challenge ...
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