Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down11
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoY is always a vowel! I don’t know why they tell children it isn’t.
minus-squareviralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoIt’s part of a diphthong with E in that word, two or more vowels making a sound in combination.
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·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.