I’d Like To Buy A Vowel

Posted by Brad Osborne on January 21, 2020 · 15 Comments 

 

 

There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet

But only five vowels that make the set

If you don’t include a dialectal accent

That means they are less than twenty percent

 

I guess you could argue there are six

If you throw the lonely “y” into the mix

We might as well since it is free

Making the percentage twenty-three

 

These are the gems amongst the stone

Consonants cannot stand all alone

“A”, “E”, “I”, “O”, “U”, and “Y”

Find in each word their alibi

 

If you feel I am giving too much due

Then this is the challenge I offer you

I ask you to write me a line please

Without the use of one of these

 

This may appear an impossible task

So, if you are not thus amused

There is something else I can ask

Let’s play with how they are used

 

Since they make-up only a quarter

Use them just once, and in order

And I don’t want you writing speciously

So, you can’t use the word “facetiously”

 

 

 

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