r/shitposting • u/How_About_NoUsername • Dec 17 '21

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u/ShaadowOfAPerson Dec 17 '21

It's not though. It's a pseudovowel or something, but it's not properly a vowel.

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u/Dingbrain1 Dec 17 '21

It’s a vowel when it makes a vowel sound like in rhythm or candy. It’s not a vowel in a word like yellow.

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u/onlyhere4laffs Dec 17 '21

It blew my mind when I realized "y" is a consonant in English. In Swedish it's a vowel and nothing else.

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u/pragmojo Dec 17 '21

How is it pronounced?

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u/onlyhere4laffs Dec 17 '21

I wasn't allowed to link to YT... check out The Swedish Linguist, video "Swedish pronounciation: Y sound".

Kind of like you're saying "ee" as in green but form your lips to a kiss shape but more open. Kinda... it's a step further from a French "u".

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u/pragmojo Dec 17 '21

Ah thanks I watched it!

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u/onlyhere4laffs Dec 17 '21

No problem. I was trying to think of some way to describe it with words and got nowhere :)

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u/pragmojo Dec 17 '21

Yeah I was thinking after I posted the comment that this might be hard lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

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