Words similar to consonant
Example sentences for: consonant
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rhotic accent Non-rhotic accents drop the /r/ when it is followed by a consonant sound, as in part.
But none of that explains why we're not using, say, Y2M--which simply replaces the consonant representing the Greek term for thousand with the one for "mille," its Latin counterpart.
Probably an elided mix up of sexy, sex bomb, and sex symbol (/sek/sy/m/ bon/) because l is not a final consonant in Thai and if encountered in a loanword becomes n (or in this case m as bomb is also a loanword).
So word processor in Japan become wa-pro, personal computer becomes masu-komi , and commercial is unceremoniously shorn of its troublesome consonant clusters and shrunk to a terse monosyllable: cm.
The second explanation is possible, though numerous Spanish words end in a consonant and I don't know how the two explanations could be verified.