Does [a:] as in 'baa' sound more green or more red? And is [i:] as in 'beet' light or dark in color? Even though we perceive speech and color are perceived with different sensory organs, nearly ...

Vowels aren’t really necessary in today’s digital age, are they? Twitter doesn’t think so, as it announced a new “two-tiered” service including its free model called “Twttr.” You can only tweet ...

The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak. Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, ...

correctionAn earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to the restaurant MET Bethesda as MET Bar & Grill. This version has been updated. STK. GRK. DGS. GBD. DBGB. WTF. Washington has long ...

Writes St. Pauli Girl of Red Wing: “My preschooler asked me if there were any words without a vowel. I did not know, so I suggested we look it up on the Internet. “My Google search was ‘are there any ...

Liam, Noah, Emma, Olivia—the Social Security Administration has released its annual list of the United States’ most popular baby names and one thing is clear: American parents love vowels. Continuing ...