Can you name the countries that contain only one kind of vowel? by Sykes

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One Vowel Countries Quiz

by Sykes

Created Apr 6, 2010 in Geography
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	crover:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 13:17 GMT	4 points
	Good quiz. Something wrong with the stats though. I got Comoros, Morocco & Togo but they're all coming up as 0%.

	Pistol:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 13:37 GMT	7 points
	It seems inconsistent to include Egypt but not Cyprus or Kyrgyzstan.

	theologystudent:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 13:44 GMT	2 points
	Yes, the 'y' in Egypt is a vowel (as in Cyprus and Kyrgyzstan).

	Pit_trout:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 18:43 GMT	2 points
	I get the same problem as crover: in the individual answer statistics, all the "o" countries are showing up as 0%. The percentile statistics are showing up fine though, with a fair few people getting all or nearly all correct.

	DragonNo4:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 21:03 GMT	4 points
	Yemen should be a regular answer rather than a bonus.

	daisyap:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 22:59 GMT	1 point
	Loved this quiz! Was a bit confused by the Ys though too.

	RS89:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 02:20 GMT	1 point
	Why is Yemen a bonus? The "y" clearly isn't a vowel in that word.

	Pedro:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 02:55 GMT	1 point
	same with the seychelles and myanmar...

	Sykes:	Apr 8th, 2010 at 01:21 GMT	1 point
	I wasn't entirely clear on when y is a vowel vs. consonant. Especially in foreign origin words like Seychelles and Myanmar. I've taken Egypt out as an answer because it clearly has a vowel sound for the y like Kyrgyzstan and Cyprus. Does anyone have a good source to reference on when y is a vowel vs consonant? And I have no idea why we're not getting statistics for the os. My first thought was that answers after the bonus answers weren't being recorded, but then why is there data for Fiji?

	micahf:	May 13th, 2010 at 22:21 GMT	1 point
	Y should count as a consonant in words like Yemen, Seychelles, and Egypt. The only time it counts as a vowel is if there is not an A, E, I, O, or U in the word already. Thus, for a word like 'cry' or 'gypsy,' Y is a vowel, but in a word like merry, it counts as a consonant.