Pro@reddthat.com to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 days agoJobhaverreddthat.comimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down154
arrow-up1473arrow-down1imageJobhaverreddthat.comPro@reddthat.com to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareSippyCup@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI never learned when Y was a vowel and at this point I’m to afraid to ask.
minus-squareSippyCup@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoSo I had a minute of boredom and looked it up. As it turns out, much like I before E, the “sometimes” rule we learned as children is the fucking opposite of truth. Y is a consonant when it makes the “yuh” sound in words like yellow and yak. It’s literally always a vowel otherwise.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoIt’s a vowel when you can pronounce the sound without moving your lips
I never learned when Y was a vowel and at this point I’m to afraid to ask.
‘Sometimes.’
So I had a minute of boredom and looked it up.
As it turns out, much like I before E, the “sometimes” rule we learned as children is the fucking opposite of truth.
Y is a consonant when it makes the “yuh” sound in words like yellow and yak.
It’s literally always a vowel otherwise.
It’s a vowel when you can pronounce the sound without moving your lips