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To: Chode

“A, E, I, O, and U. And sometimes Y” was how I learned the vowels.

Y is a consonant until does the duty of a vowel in words like: cry, dry, fly, my, try, wyrd, and some others.


11 posted on 04/22/2024 5:33:04 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

i mean when i was in school, at least i don’t remember it, they just said it...


16 posted on 04/22/2024 5:35:53 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: BradyLS

>>Y is a consonant until does the duty of a vowel in words like: cry, dry, fly, my, try, wyrd, and some others.

And sometimes it’s a digraph as in ‘Ye Olde Pub’.


21 posted on 04/22/2024 5:42:03 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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