I’m at the ITS face-to-face meeting in Prague, Czech Republic and I’ve been trying to learn to read Czech words. Jirka Kosek showed me a Czech tongue-twister last night at dinner.
Strč prst skrz krk.
How amazing is that? A whole sentence without vowels! (Means “Put your finger down your throat.” – I’m wondering whether that has something to do with the missing vowels…)
See a video of Jirka pronouncing it.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
In writing, yes, there are other scripts where you actually do not need vowels. Like Abiguda and Abjad. But in this example also, I hear vowel sounds he pronounces in between consonants.