Like it. What is funny though is that learning Spanish was about renewing my vowels. I worked hard to get them clean (my native RP tends to swallow and neutralise the vowels). What is odd though is whenever I get lazy then I catch myself doing other things to make my Spanish sound "better": to start with it was using lots of slang (which is a good first crutch), then I found I was doing the Spanish apicoalveolar /s/ (which is also used in one region of Colombia). (I first learned in Spain and listen to Colombian radio so it´s not as left of field as it sounds).

So I am, even as I speak, doing a renewal of my vowels ;)

J

This is very nice. But I don't understand the whole thing anyway. Free weddings? People renewing their marriage vows?

An overzealous attempt at drawing punters in?

There are 568 Google hits for "renewal of vowels", so it's not a one-off. For example, the Urban Dictionary has:

1. vowel renewal

a renewal of vowels to prevent vowel expiration.

My husband and I are going to Vegas to have a vowel renewal on our one year anniversary. We registered for gifts because we didn't get anything at our first wedding.

(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vowel+renewal)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry, both uncontrollably.

RobinB, when in doubt, always laugh.