It is unfair that vowels are so over-rated. They are certainly useful for singing Old MacDonald (in case you are unfamiliar with the alphabet version it goes 'Old MacDonald had a farm A-E-I-O-U'). But really what else are vowels used for? Take text messages - the language of the future - who has time to waste on using all those pesky vowels? If wnt 2 gt my mssg acrs I dnt nd 2 use mny vwls. Think of all the time we'd all save - a few seconds here and there, this time would be better spent watching even more Desperate Housewives reruns or sharpening our hand eye coordination (also useful for text messaging even quicker) by playing even more Grand Theft Auto 4. However most importantly we could put an end to the dreaded 'Text Thumb' that appears to be the next epidemic that will soon come to the forefront of modern medicine. So the next time send a txt msg, spare a thought for the lowly vowel and use them as much as you can, give them the love and respect they deserve.
