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Re:U.S. Surnames with No Vowels by henrikschroder on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:08AM (#30818356)
Brrrr, it's cold today!
Re:U.S. Surnames with No Vowels by joe-collins on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:17AM (#30818390)
/bɜr/

That's a vowel in there.

Re:U.S. Surnames with No Vowels by hvdijk on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:53AM (#30818520)
There are different ways people say "brrr" in English. Many of those ways have a vowel in, but not all.
Re:U.S. Surnames with No Vowels by Asraelite on Sunday March 27, 2022 @08:20AM (#30819680)
Yeah, a nice example for this is "myrrh" because it's a full word, not something paralinguistic like brrr. It's one of very few examples of English words that can in certain dialects be spelled and pronounced without a traditional vowel.
Re:U.S. Surnames with No Vowels by boomboomsubban on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:26AM (#30818422)
Hmmm. Can be said without moving your lips or opening your mouth.
Re:U.S. Surnames with No Vowels by meepmorp on Sunday March 27, 2022 @07:14AM (#30819377)
Yes, but it ends with /m/. Nasal stop consonants are articulated with an open velum, so they function as semi-vowels, as /l/ and /r/ do.
Re:U.S. Surnames with No Vowels by DonHopkins on Sunday March 27, 2022 @10:04AM (#30820328)
Pththth!