As we sat beside their burrows in the cold Kalahari mornings, the meerkats sheltered behind us from the keen dawn wind. When no stumps were close by, tamer individuals would sometimes climb up our backs and take their turns as sentinels from our shoulders or heads.
12 states start with a vowel: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah. A vowel is any letter that is not a consonant!! A,E,I,O,U are all the vowels sometimes Y is considered a vowel.
1 This is the number of syllables. 2  The Written Method Rules. 3  Count the number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in the word. 4  Add 1 every time the letter 'y' makes the sound of a vowel (A, E, I, O, U). 5  Subtract 1 for each silent vowel (like the silent 'e' at the end of a word).