Talk:Consonant

Rural
In which dialects of English does rural /ˈɹɝl/ or /ˈɹɹ̩l/ rhyme with girl /ˈgɝl/ or /ˈgɹ̩l/? I have always pronounced rural as two distinct syllables. There are better examples. — Solo Owl (talk) 21:18, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Replaced lead img
The img in the lead presented 'consonants' as having casing and serifs. It also claimed that $⟨t⟩$ is the most common consonant in English, with a ref to letter frequency, additional evidence that the person who added it didn't know the difference between a sound and a glyph. I replaced it with a chart of the consonants of English, closer to what we have in the lead of vowel. Because the img has been here for 8 yrs (!!), I was advised I should explain myself here. — kwami (talk) 04:38, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I said that after your removal was undone you should have discussed it here per WP:BRD before removing it a second time. I don't object to the new image. Meters (talk) 04:53, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * And the article does refer to letters as consonants: "The word consonant is also used to refer to a letter of an alphabet that denotes a consonant sound." Meters (talk) 04:57, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * That's to clarify the ambiguity to readers who might be confused, to prevent them from making that very mistake. We certainly shouldn't illustrate the lead with a mistake! A "bird" is a synonym for shuttlecock in badminton, but that doesn't mean we should illustrate the lead of bird (biology) with a shuttlecock. — kwami (talk) 05:56, 14 March 2021 (UTC)