Give him a break. He had a confused childhood, being treated both as a vowel and a consonant. You try being called a palatal approximant and see how you like it. And all those jokes… “I asked you first.” “Why not.” That one was hell when he was in Boy Scouts and someone always brought up the “Y knot.” And when he got into high school, the guys started making that other joke. You know the one. No wonder he has that split personality. And how’s he ever going to get ahead. He spent two years in algebra being being told he’d always be an “unknown.”
.The only time he felt okay was that time at the family reunion. But there were all those foreign relatives and their strange accents, like Ý, Ŷ, Ỹ, and Ɏ. How can you relate to them?
According to wikipedia: When printing was introduced to Great Britain, Caxton and other English printers used Y in place of Þ (‘thorn’: Modern English th), which did not exist in continental typefaces. From this convention comes the spelling of the as ye (as in the mock archaism Ye Olde Shoppe). But, in spite of the spelling, pronunciation was the same as for modern the.
So in other words, we shouldn’t pronounce “Ye” as “yee”, but as “the”. But that would take all the fun out of it.
Radish the wordsmith almost 7 years ago
Why is that?
Farside99 almost 7 years ago
Dude, I’m i-griega. I’m necessary in multiple languages.
John Wiley Premium Member almost 7 years ago
IMHO, he’s a consonant that works as a vowel on occasion, so he’s pulling double duty. Maybe the other vowels need to up their game?
Nuliajuk almost 7 years ago
But I score really high in Scrabble!
osceola almost 7 years ago
“You just used me more than you did “A,” and you call yourself ABC, Inc."
J Short almost 7 years ago
Y: I have a splitting headache.
uniquename almost 7 years ago
If you have good vowel movements, then you’re consonant.
Hickory almost 7 years ago
The others are Sycophants
gopher gofer almost 7 years ago
“that’s what they’re saying. don’t ask me, Y…”
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Give him a break. He had a confused childhood, being treated both as a vowel and a consonant. You try being called a palatal approximant and see how you like it. And all those jokes… “I asked you first.” “Why not.” That one was hell when he was in Boy Scouts and someone always brought up the “Y knot.” And when he got into high school, the guys started making that other joke. You know the one. No wonder he has that split personality. And how’s he ever going to get ahead. He spent two years in algebra being being told he’d always be an “unknown.”
.The only time he felt okay was that time at the family reunion. But there were all those foreign relatives and their strange accents, like Ý, Ŷ, Ỹ, and Ɏ. How can you relate to them?
StratmanRon almost 7 years ago
Sometimes.
Helen Ferrieux almost 7 years ago
Turn him upside down & he can certainly stand on his own feet.
Biltil Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Tyht ys vyry unfyr
corzak almost 7 years ago
According to wikipedia: When printing was introduced to Great Britain, Caxton and other English printers used Y in place of Þ (‘thorn’: Modern English th), which did not exist in continental typefaces. From this convention comes the spelling of the as ye (as in the mock archaism Ye Olde Shoppe). But, in spite of the spelling, pronunciation was the same as for modern the.
So in other words, we shouldn’t pronounce “Ye” as “yee”, but as “the”. But that would take all the fun out of it.
cuzinron47 almost 7 years ago
But I’m just a substitute. For when ‘I’ doesn’t feel well.
Al Nala almost 7 years ago
He’s a switch-hitter! Give him a break!
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Didja hear about the Mexican restaurant in Stockholm that served yalapeñas?
DM2860 almost 7 years ago
But I am only a part timer.
pcolli almost 7 years ago
“R” could be a vowel, too…… thrd, brd, wrd……
Stephen Gilberg almost 7 years ago
Tygyr, tygyr, byrnyng bryght/Yn the foryst of the nyght/What ymmortyl hand or yyy/Dayr fraym thy fyrfyl symmytry?
Ushindi almost 7 years ago
But with him, the sky’s the limit!
(Yeah, I know, but that’s all I could think of…)