Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoY is always a vowel! I don’t know why they tell children it isn’t.
minus-squareviralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 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-up2·2 months agoIt’s part of a diphthong with E in that word, two or more vowels making a sound in combination.
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.