[Newspoetry] time is running out

[gillespie william k]

To split hairs:

"Y" doesn't have to be in the initial position to function as a consonant,
it just has to sound like the Y in "Yoyo" or "Tokyo."

AnYwaY, at least one of the extant univocalics uses "Y" excessivelY and
indiscriminatelY. Perhaps that makes it not a univocalic but instead a
lipogram on four vowels.

WillYum

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On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Joe Futrelle wrote:

> I suppose I should have left out words with "y" in them except the one
> with "y" in the initial position: "Yiddish".  Herbert Brun fans can
> use the construction "I is", as in "I is kidding".
> 
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:53:12PM -0600, Joe Futrelle wrote:
> > So far this year we've got univocalics for
> > 
> > a: "nasdaq flat"
> > e: "Left Rebel 'Red Ken' Elected"
> > o: "Footwords to Howl, for Solomon"
> > u: "Russ Sub Kursk Sunk; UK Sub Plumbs"
> > 
> > We just need 'i' to make a complete set.  Anyone?
> > 
> > cf.
> > http://www.newspoetry.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?type=forms&form=univocalic
> > 
> > I've attached a list of suitable words.
> > 
> > --
> > Joe Futrelle
> > Editor-within-chief,
> > Newspoetry dot com
> 
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