@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 4 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square198fedilinkarrow-up1150
arrow-up1150message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink1•4 months agoY is always a vowel! I don’t know why they tell children it isn’t.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•4 months agoA vowel is the core of a syllable. Y is not always that, as in “yes” - it works as a consonant in that word.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink2•4 months agoIt’s part of a diphthong with E in that word, two or more vowels making a sound in combination.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoIt’s a consonant. Specifically it’s the voiced palatal approximant represented as ⟨j⟩ in IPA.
Y is always a vowel! I don’t know why they tell children it isn’t.
A vowel is the core of a syllable. Y is not always that, as in “yes” - it works as a consonant in that word.
It’s part of a diphthong with E in that word, two or more vowels making a sound in combination.
It’s a consonant. Specifically it’s the voiced palatal approximant represented as ⟨j⟩ in IPA.