@Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square228fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?@Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink-1•3 months agoY is always a vowel! I don’t know why they tell children it isn’t.
minus-square@viralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•3 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•3 months agoIt’s part of a diphthong with E in that word, two or more vowels making a sound in combination.
minus-square@candybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-23 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.