These "I" and "E" vowels are formed by putting your tongue forward in the mouth. That's why they're called "front" vowels. With these words, your tongue depresses and folds back a bit. So "O", "A" and ...

The human brain can make sense of sentences — even when the vowels are missing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Ths sntnc s ...

If you spend enough time online, you're bound to come come across a sentence like this: "Yr brn cn rd wrds wtht vwls." It looks like nonsense at first glance, but after a moment, you probably read it ...

It's hard to pinpoint when synesthesia, the rare neurological condition where a stimulus that affects one sense prompts a response in a different sense, was first documented. Scientific literature ...

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. This is the fifth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the seventh of seven short vowel ...

This is the second of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the second of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore ...