words being a vowel or consonant

which words are a vowel: chin, itch,push,chef,when,wash,much,sharp,pitch,where,peach,child,wheat,chance,
machine,cashier,friendship,hatched,finished,children

Words are not vowels or consonants, letters are vowels or consonants. So, for example, in the word "chin," the "c," the "h," and the "n" are consonants, and the "i" is a vowel.

"Setanta" has 4 consonants but only 3 vowels, and since majority rules, it must therefore be a consonant.

Setanta has two vowels--"a" and "e."

But 3 consonants: s, n, and t. So it's unquestionably a consonant.

You know MJ, you're being stupid, and in the process, confusing the issue for someone who has a genuine question about the language. Why don't you go say idiotic things in another thread?

Linda, only letters can be vowels or consonants, not words. In English, we have six vowels and 21 consonants. The six vowels are a, e, i, o, u and y. Y can also be a consonant, it depends on how it is used. In the word yellow, y is used as a consonant. In the word silly, y is used as a vowel. The 21 vowels in the Roman alphabet used in English are b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z.

Setanta, any time you introduce a diversion into a rather silly thread with a peculiar premise, it's all right in your view. Allow other people the same prerogative. You'd already provided an answer. there was no particular reason to proceed in a straight line after that point.

Linda, Do you mean used as a noun or verb? It depends how the word is used in your sentence. Test your examples by making each past tense. Verbs have tense, nouns don't.

chinned, itched, washed, chanced, machined, cashiered, hatched, finished

This isn't a silly thread, for however you rate it. The author was asking a serious question, and can reasonably expect a serioius answer. Your answer would suggest to a non-native speaker that it were reasonable to speak of a word being a consonant or a vowel, which is, of course, stupid.

There's that hypercorrection again. You do it often, Set. Why?