Salaries. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides salary data for both optometrists and physicians. According to its May 2011 figures, the average income for optometrists was $107,720 per year. That same figure, for physicians and surgeons, was $184,650.
In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, with two competing definitions. In the more common phonetic definition, a vowel is a sound pronounced with an open vocal tract, so that the tongue does not touch the lips, teeth, or roof of the mouth, such as the English ah /ÉË/ or oh /oÊ/. There is no build-up of air pressure at any point above the glottis.
A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno. According to the above definition, cry does have 2 vowel sounds, so the number of syllables should be 2.No, according to the above definition, cry has one syllable. It has one vowel sound (the long i, formed by the y), which is surrounded by the consonants cr on one side, and no consonants on the other.ccording to the above definition, cry does have 2 vowel sounds, so the number of syllables should be 2. Technically, it should be 1, since there is a 'y' and no vowel. I want to know what the community thinks about it.