Nice idea, but shouldn't it be Copo Vordo instead of Cope, Soo Tomo ond Proncopo instead of Proncope, and maybe also Gooono instead of Goyono? (not too sure about the last one though)
I think the former, as it’s LibYA not LibIYA, though it’s hard to say the LibYA without adding a short “I” sound in-between syllables. Correct me if I’m wrong.
The quiz should be more coherent. In some countries like Italy, the "y" is identified as vowel (thus "o"), but in others it still appears as "y" (e.g. Kenya -> Konyo).
To be more specific, y is a vowel when it makes the sound of an i (as in Cyprus and Egypt), the sound of an e (as in Italy), or is part of a diphthong with another vowel (as in Norway and Seychelles.) It's a consonant when it makes a "yuh" sound (as in Kenya, Yemen, or Guyana.)
It's part of a diphthong formed with the "a" preceding it, so it's part of the aye sound and thus a vowel. It can't make the "yuh" sound when it's at the end of a word like that, only when it's followed by a vowel.
Y is a vowel when it's not a consonant. So names like Yemen would be Yomon, but Germany would be Gormono and Paraguay should be Porogooo. I made this quiz a long time ago before I really started checking for errors, so there's probably more than a few inconsistencies.
For me ondonosoo looked the most unrecognisable, not that it took me longer to get it, I always saw the next one even before I was done with the previous one, so it was more like how long does it take you to type all these countries, well had well over a minute to spare (1:18 I think?). But they looks the least like themselves so to speak. A lot of the orders hardly felt different than usal. Maybe my brain filters vowels as less usefull info, so recognisable without them. ondonosoo out of context does not immediately give me indonesia vibes however.
And yes I guess out of context okroono is not immediately distinguisable as being a country either. And I just looked at the result and these two are indeed the lowest
The introduction example was useful to me to flag the definition of "vowel" being used - but it might be worth clarifying it explicitly. At school we were not taught this "sometimes y" version (just a, e, i, o, u), but I have learnt from comments on other quizzes that different definition(s) are standard elsewhere.
Your examples are accurate, but they bear no resemblance to the word you are questioning. In Uruguay, the y is definitely functioning as a vowel - it forms a vowel sound in combination with the a.
It is, sometimes. "Lime" and "Lyme" are both pronounced exactly the same, with y in the latter making exactly the same sound as the i in the former, so why wouldn't y be a vowel there when i would be?
Finally, an actual comparison that makes sense and points out a legitimate potential inconsistency. I would argue that y is a consonant in both words, but I can see how a common pronunciation makes it sound like a vowel, particularly in Libya. It comes down to whether you think Libya has two syllables or three.
I personally pronounce Libya as lib-ee-uh and Kenya as ken-yuh which is why I wrote them the way I did. This seems to be the accepted pronunciation of both countries, so despite the similarities in how these two countries are written, the Y in Libya is a vowel and the Y in Kenya is a consonant.
As many people do. The reason the sound comes out that way is because the transition from 'b' to 'ya' is less smooth than from 'n' to 'ya'. It's a quirk of phonetics rather than a different function of the letter y.
It’s mind blowing how many people don’t know that in English Y is sometimes a vowel. It’s also amazing how adamant people can be when they have no idea what they’re talking about.
A few real chuckles! First, half of the clues look like stuff I’ve actually typed (not the best typist around). And Kosovo! And I don’t think I’ll be planning a trip to the great nation of Othoopoo anytime soon.
Gotta love it whenever you get a country like Togo or Morocco where nothing changes lol. Not that I needed the help. But anyway, fun quiz! Congrats on the feature!
Due to the random nature of the quiz the first two countries I got were Togo and Kosovo, which made me think I had somehow misunderstood the quiz. Very enjoyable!
But I could not think of one original german word with a y in it.
Maybe some names, but other then that only loanwords.
I think this should be corrected.
Also, Congrats on your first featured quiz! It’s fun, especially being randomized!
So close.... (tomo)
And yes I guess out of context okroono is not immediately distinguisable as being a country either. And I just looked at the result and these two are indeed the lowest
All vowels changed to 'a' 'e' 'I' and 'u'
"Onswor most corrospond to hoghloghtod box!"
one note: if libya is loboo, kenya should be konoo
"Onswors chongo ovorO tomo yoo ploo! "
Just for consistency with the rest of the quizz ;)
My favorites are: Spoon, Popoo Now Goonoo and Molto
Now it's Porogooo, but it should be Porogooy.
Very nice quiz!