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[–] SippyCup 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I never learned when Y was a vowel and at this point I'm to afraid to ask.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SippyCup 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a vowel when you can pronounce the sound without moving your lips