I'll reword that as: The thorn is a *barely voiced consonant and so could be considered as alliterating on the subsequent vowel??? > Consider the following: > > A/S would alliterate on vowels (any vowels!) > > The thorn is a *barely voiced consonant and so could be considered a vowel??? > Roger Collett Arrowhead Press http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." Jules de Gaultier