Whether or not "Y" is a vowel depends on how it is used in a word. There is no "Y is a vowel" or "Y is not a vowel" absolutism. In words like Yemen, You, where you have to move your tongue and jaw when you pronounce it, Y is a consonant. In words like Ready, Heavy, Synonym, where you don't have to move your tongue or jaw when you pronounce it, Y is a vowel. In Yesterday, the first Y is a consonant and the second Y is a vowel. Easy!
By your rationale of a consonant, that means the U in United States, - Kingdom, - AE, Uganda etc. would also be a consonant. So in fact, all countries starting with U (except Uzbekistan) would therefore not be admissible.
you know that "Y" is a vowel no matter what. 'cause even though if it's the word, You, the Y will still be a vowle and you'll still be able to sing the letter. because of that it is a vowel. and in this quiz Yemen should be accepted cause Y is actually a vowel. and when you sing the song for the vowels, Y is always included. so I don't see the way a Y can be a consonant.
The Countries of the world quiz (Which is the authority on jetpunk country names) says that the name is the Ivory Coast, so I think I will keep it that way. I am sorry if this has caused any inconvenience, thanks for the feedback!
Timor-Leste isn't the "correct" name. It's just East Timor in their native language. That's like saying Deutschland is the correct name for Germany or Suomi for Finland. Ivory Coast is the only country stupid enough to demand for their name to be used in the native form even in english, and rightfully so, this demand is almost universaly ignored.
So São Tomé and Principe, El Salvador, and Costa Rica just... don't exist?
A country's name is what they decide it to be and if they've decided that their name is El Salvador and not The Savior or Timor-Leste and not East Timor, then they're right.
The United States of America, for instance, has decided that its name is a collection of nouns rather than a proper noun itself, so it does change with language. But my name would be Jared whether I'm telling it to you in English, Icelandic, or otherwise. The same is true for Timor-Leste.
It's literally the official name adopted by the UN, EU, and the national standards organisations for the US, UK, France, Germany, and Sweden, and the CIA World Factbook. The fact that everything on jetpunk uses the Countries of the World Quiz is convenient for the cohesiveness of the site, but it still stands that even the original quiz is flawed.
Thanks, I did not think for a moment when I was making this quiz that it would have a chance at being nominated, but I am very exited at the possibility of one of my quizzes being featured!
Considering this quiz is more resemblant of the Countries that Start with ... quizzes, I would recommend putting a hint/caveat at the top saying that one of the answers is translated from French to be in line with the 'Countries that Start with I' quiz.
Hmm, I think that might be giving to much away, but I will add a caveat that the names are from the Countries of the World quiz, the authority on Jetpunk names, Thanks though!
Btw, I am uploading a quiz called "US State Capitals Closest to Los Angeles" at 11:00 am eastern time, and 8:00 am pacific time tomorrow, and if you like these upload notifications, please tell me! I would like to do this more if I can.
I know, I am really excited! Since it looks like the Quismaster is featuring two quizzes per week now, at this rate this quiz will be featured in two weeks.
The average is about 3/4 so I think the time is allright. I know them all obviously, but it is fine I miss a few because of "quizing on timer-blanks" as long as there is enough time to type them all in a normal tempo if you would have a list, the time is allright.
Don't feel bad, on European quizzes for some reason I always forget France. I just scan Europe in my mind, and apparently my mental map has a hole where France is.
Greece always gets skipped by me somehow.. though it id getting less, but I seemed to be skipping turkey more now. Doing europe and then possible something else and then doing the middle east. Turkey doesnt feel middle east or eastern asia, so often I only think about it later when I see I am missing something.
You're technically correct, but if I used that logic, a lot of the countries on this list wouldn't be on it anymore. (i.e. Albania and Indonesia are technically "the Republic of Albania" and "the Republic of Indonesia") Good observation, though!
So England not a country now? You do know that UK is made up of 4 countries, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Can people start acknowledging this please. It’s rather offensive.
Offensive? offensive to whom? It's a fact that they're not sovereign, you can't argue against that, Jetpunk uses the UN 193 countries, with the addition of Taiwan, Kosovo, and the Vatican.
Format-wise, you have room to put E in a block between A and I. Then you don't have to scroll down, and it's organized more symmetrically.
So São Tomé and Principe, El Salvador, and Costa Rica just... don't exist?
A country's name is what they decide it to be and if they've decided that their name is El Salvador and not The Savior or Timor-Leste and not East Timor, then they're right.
The United States of America, for instance, has decided that its name is a collection of nouns rather than a proper noun itself, so it does change with language. But my name would be Jared whether I'm telling it to you in English, Icelandic, or otherwise. The same is true for Timor-Leste.
It's literally the official name adopted by the UN, EU, and the national standards organisations for the US, UK, France, Germany, and Sweden, and the CIA World Factbook. The fact that everything on jetpunk uses the Countries of the World Quiz is convenient for the cohesiveness of the site, but it still stands that even the original quiz is flawed.
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1255618/world-capitals-that-start-with-a-vowel
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2. the official name is Cote D'Ivoire.