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Vowels are letters that represent speech sounds where air leaves the mouth without any blockage by the tongue, lips, or throat. The vowels in the alphabet are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
The word vowel comes from the Latin word "vocalis" which means of the voice. Vowels are the sounds made when the air that has passed over the vocal chords is not blocked in some way by the tongue, teeth or lips. Vowels are also known as "open " sounds of the voice. A/a, E/e, I/i, O/o and U/u are the vowel letters in the English alphabet..
This can get very complicated but in essence its quite simple. As described here, vowel comes from the Latin Vox/Vocalis meaning voice. What's interesting, is that each vowel sound is created by the shape of the 'throat', and the route the air takes as it travels around. If you watch youtube of choirs warming up, part of that practice is creating vowel sounds to warm up the diaphragm (the big muscles beneath the stomach that generates air flow.) All the other sounds, the consonants, are created when the rest of the mouth gets involved. Opera singers have the best diction - both vowels and consonants! Check out Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma. All those wonderful long notes are built on vowels: Neeesuuun dooorrrmaaaa. lol
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The term "vowel" originates from the latin word"vocalis" which means sounding or spoken.In linguistics, vowels are sounds produced with an open vocal tract, where the airflow is unobstructed by the tongue, lips,other parts of mouth.Here it is)
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Its (without an apostrophe) is a possessive pronoun, like his or her. for nouns that don't have a defined gender. In contrast, It's (with an apostrophe) is the shortened form, or contraction, of it is or it has.
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I met this phrase in the book and I was wondering about the meaning of "as above, so below." Here is the context where I met this phrase: In the meticulously designed garden, the arrangement of the flowers and paths reflected the harmony of the stars above, truly embodying the principle "as above, so below."
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It simply compares the harmony of the flowers to that of the stars... meaning same harmonous path the stars portray above (in the sky), it's same with the flowers below.
