It’s so weird when people get weird about “y” being a vowel or not when any time it makes the “e” or “I”sound it is a vowel. (Any, try, anything ending in -y or -ly)
A vowel isn’t a vowel because it is aeiou, it is because it makes a vowel sound.
The end of these words are all pronounced the same, despite having different vowels placed before the R. The vowels are essentially silent, and R is doing all the heavy lifting.
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pairwise@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 235d
And sometimes "Y".
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 235d
It’s so weird when people get weird about “y” being a vowel or not when any time it makes the “e” or “I”sound it is a vowel. (Any, try, anything ending in -y or -ly)
A vowel isn’t a vowel because it is aeiou, it is because it makes a vowel sound.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 224d
Change my mind: R is a vowel.
The end of these words are all pronounced the same, despite having different vowels placed before the R. The vowels are essentially silent, and R is doing all the heavy lifting.
dumbass@piefed.social · 7 pts · 235d
Y is a vowel on weekends.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 235d
"Weekends" does not have a Y in it.
Etterra@discuss.online · 4 pts · 235d
Y is a vowel every day.
belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 235d
Pray tell, what sound does the "y" make?
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 224d
Yeah, R is really the vowel here, not Y.
belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 223d
not quite ^^ y is always the vowel here, but depending on your accent the R is either silent or coloring the y-vowel.