How is language evolving on the internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication. Vowel-less words, like srsly, thx, k, ...

Whether you're playing Scrabble, Boggle or Words with Friends, here are nearly two dozen words you can play when you're stuck without a vowel.Click here to see words for your friends.. without vowels!

If you spend enough time online, you're bound to come come across a sentence like this: "Yr brn cn rd wrds wtht vwls." It looks like nonsense at first glance, but after a moment, you probably read it ...

There are a lot of vowels in Swedish and it can be easy for someone new to the language to mix them up. Unfortunately, ...