i a a eiu ui. oo e oy oe y u i i oo e i 13 iue yi o i o o e ee aoe. I oe i o ie a. ay you ou o oe i oy ooa i you ae aeay :)
(This was a genius quiz. Took me only one try but it still took me like 13 minutes trying to think of only the letters allowed. I voted it for five stars. Maybe you could do one with only consonants if you havent already :)
In English, the letters in words are considered vowels when they contribute to a vowel sound. In Kenya, the "Y" is not a vowel, but a consonant. Here is the phonetic spelling:
/ˈkenjə/. It makes a "yuh" sound. Egypt, on the other hand, is pronounced /ˈiːdʒɪpt/. The "Y" is making an "ih" sound, like the "i" does in "dip". That makes that "Y" a vowel. The quiz is correct.
Would it make a lot of difference if the country was (written as) Kenia? (I have a feeling that then the first e would tend to be given a longer sound, but supposed the first e would remain as it is, a short e). In many languages it is written with an i.(in some occasions followed with an j or y but that is just the transition of the i sound to the a sound)
Nooooooo I finished, and was looking at the map to see what I was missing, and noticed I was missing Singapore, starting writing, and my time ran out :'(
This was fun. Once I got around halfway through, I was able to state saying country names slowly so I could type the vowels as I reached them in my thoughts. I narrowed down what I had to type by spamming different vowel combos that would take care of anything repetitive (aka: a, aa, aaa, e, ee, eee, etc). Gave me time to go through thoroughly.
Was a lot of fun! I went all over the map though unlike normally in a somewhat orderly fashion (I do jump to places sometimes, like halfway through Europe I might move to Africa and also get the weird b's out of the way all at once etc).
Had trouble with UAE I think I did quite a few varieties haha. Well maybe not so many but not paying attention too much so thinking I just didn't type what I intended the first few times. At the end when I did it a bit more consciously I tried uieeiaeoaaia (United Emirates of Arabia) and uieaaieiae (United Arabic Emirates) before finally landing on the right one. I had hardly ever (maybe never?) seen the English name in full. (and the English pronunciation of A sounds like E in Dutch and E sounds like i)
More fun than I expected, at first I was like ah consonants... ow wait ... vowels...
Because "St Kitts" is accepted as a type-in, there is only one vowel needed, an "i", which most people will type. You don't need the full spelling of "ai i a ei"
(This was a genius quiz. Took me only one try but it still took me like 13 minutes trying to think of only the letters allowed. I voted it for five stars. Maybe you could do one with only consonants if you havent already :)
XD
Y is not a vowel but at least be consistent :)
/ˈkenjə/. It makes a "yuh" sound. Egypt, on the other hand, is pronounced /ˈiːdʒɪpt/. The "Y" is making an "ih" sound, like the "i" does in "dip". That makes that "Y" a vowel. The quiz is correct.
Not stating anything, actually asking.
Me: What?
My friend: The big country in Africa!
Me: Ohhh, you must mean Eoai Eui O E Oo
My friend: Are you okay?
Me: It's actually called Ea Aia Eui.
My friend: No, it's Central African Republic.
My brain: what is he talking about?
My friend:Just look at a map.
My Friend: I don't even know where Manila is (despite me telling him over and oven that it is in the Iiie)
Me: (facepalm)
(i had four seconds left, thank you for torturing me)
I am french
Good quiz
Jetp-JetPunkEdit: Oh yeah and in One Syllable Country quiz
Ooo-ooh-aoohy-a-oo
Had trouble with UAE I think I did quite a few varieties haha. Well maybe not so many but not paying attention too much so thinking I just didn't type what I intended the first few times. At the end when I did it a bit more consciously I tried uieeiaeoaaia (United Emirates of Arabia) and uieaaieiae (United Arabic Emirates) before finally landing on the right one. I had hardly ever (maybe never?) seen the English name in full. (and the English pronunciation of A sounds like E in Dutch and E sounds like i)
More fun than I expected, at first I was like ah consonants... ow wait ... vowels...
May I make a German translation?
also scrolling down to look at the answers and seeing all the vowels is funnier than it should be
some of my favorites;
EYEE, Uuuay, A, Ey, Ooo, Ea Aia Eui, Ioy oa
You pronounce the y as "i"
Y is also a vowel