Reading with Style discussion

Read a book by an author whose name contains four of the six accepted English vowels.

Example: Jane Hamilton would work (four unique vowels: a, e, i, o), while Agatha Christie would not (only containing three unique vowels: a, e, i).


Post any questions or comments about task 10.7 in this thread.

Does the "sometimes Y" in the task title mean that if there's a Y, it has to be acting as a vowel to count?

Rosemary wrote: "Does the "sometimes Y" in the task title mean that if there's a Y, it has to be acting as a vowel to count?"

Example? (Allow me to hedge.)

Paul Beatty is example. I gave myself combo points for the Y having the long E sound.
But an example as the other would be Yann Martel because it is the hard Y sound.
Is that what you were thinking, Rosemary?

(Just a side note: when I wrote the task title, it was mainly because the song of that title by ‘80s band Ebn Ozn was stuck in my head...I’d intended any “y” to count...)

Rebekah wrote: "Paul Beatty is example. I gave myself combo points for the Y having the long E sound.
But an example as the other would be Yann Martel because it is the hard Y sound.
..."

Paul Beatty would work, but Yann Martel doesn't work because even if the Y counted, there are only 3 unique vowels (YAE)

Will “anonymous” qualify for this task? A O Y U

Mary wrote: "Will “anonymous” qualify for this task? A O Y U"

Ha! Yes.

Thanks!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Paul Beatty is example. I gave myself combo points for the Y having the long E sound.
But an example as the other would be Yann Martel because it is the..."

Got it! Was just trying to think of a Y as a consonant example.
Thanks Anika for that! I was hoping you meant any Y would count!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rosemary wrote: "Does the "sometimes Y" in the task title mean that if there's a Y, it has to be acting as a vowel to count?"

Example? (Allow me to hedge.)"

Rising to the challenge of finding examples from my TBR (as the idea of having more than 5 vowels is strange to me) ... :)

Rudyard Kipling A I U Y
Patience Gray A E I Y
E H Young E O U Y

Hilary Boyd A I O Y
Tracy Chevalier A E I Y
Stella Duffy A E U Y
Catherine Ryan Hyde A E I Y
Ryan Levesque A E U Y
Frederick Marryat A E I Y
Tiffany Murray A I U Y
Dorothy L. Sayers A E O Y

I made a space because I'm unsure about the first three. The others seem to me to be clearly using Y as if it were a vowel ...?

And I take it the other letters are okay regardless of the sound? For example, Antonia White A E I O, the E is not acting as a vowel sound, but that's still okay?

Rosemary wrote: "Rising to the challenge of finding examples from my TBR "

Well, good job! Anika says above in Post #5 that she was intending all Y's count, so you're good with all of these.

As for Antonia White, the E does act as a vowel, because it determines the pronunciation of the earlier I.

We'll just count 4 of the 6 letters in the name and call it good.

I have been reading Edgar Rice Burroughs lately.

Yes, does that count, since it has 5 of the 6 vowels?

Beth wrote: "Yes, does that count, since it has 5 of the 6 vowels?"

Yes, 4 is the minimum. Sorry, no bonus for 5 or 6.

No bonus, but can't help remark that she has all 6 letters!

Mary Doria Russell