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Is the letter Y non-binary?

Asked by filmfann (52246points) March 27th, 2022
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Sometimes a vowel, sometimes a consonant.
Will conservatives try to change how this is taught in schools?

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Jeruba's avatar

And will bats be outlawed?

Jeruba (55840points)“Great Answer” (3points)
Tropical_Willie's avatar

HA-HA !

; > 0)

Tropical_Willie (31137points)“Great Answer” (2points)
janbb's avatar

Gee, we always learned that seahorses were hermaphrodites. Guess they’re off the curriculum too!

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filmfann's avatar

I am guessing that before this is over, Senate Republicans will probably call for the teaching of Y as non-binary to end, resulting in a call to change the consonant Y to yy (double y), as a companion to w.

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janbb's avatar

@filmfann I think they won’t because that sounds too Ukrainian! (I’ve seen Zelensky spelled Zelenskyy.) ~

janbb (62887points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Jeruba's avatar

@janbb, I read that those spelling differences depend on whether the transliteration is from the Russian or Ukrainian Cyrillic version of the name. The double y is Ukrainian.

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JLoon's avatar

HA!

Gay alphabet, nasty letters, bisexual vowels, suggestive punctuation ( . ) ( . ) – THE COUNTRY HAS GONE TO HELL!!

But no matter how many jerkwad laws “conservative” thought police pass, politicians will always find a way keep their own dirty fantasies legal and profitable.

Small government for small minds with small dicks.

JLoon (8568points)“Great Answer” (4points)
elbanditoroso's avatar

Y not?

elbanditoroso (33176points)“Great Answer” (2points)
Tropical_Willie's avatar

Nymph ??????????

Tropical_Willie (31137points)“Great Answer” (2points)
Kardamom's avatar

Lol

Kardamom (33300points)“Great Answer” (2points)
filmfann's avatar

@Tropical_Willie That’s what started this conversation with my sister and me.

filmfann (52246points)“Great Answer” (0points)
LuckyGuy's avatar

It will be defined as “queer” .

LuckyGuy (43699points)“Great Answer” (2points)
Forever_Free's avatar

I know the NCAA is already trying to ban it from competing.

Forever_Free (8579points)“Great Answer” (2points)
gorillapaws's avatar

I’m pretty sure the fact that it can be 1 of 2 values means it IS binary, and that all other letters are unary. I could be wrong though.

gorillapaws (30531points)“Great Answer” (2points)
elbanditoroso's avatar

There are other binary letters.

C can be hard (Callous. Cacophany) or soft (Facade, Rapacious, Deciduous)

G – same thing: Hard G – Gallant, Gibbous) or soft (Legendary, Raging)

elbanditoroso (33176points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Tropical_Willie's avatar

“K” can be silent like ‘know’.

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LostInParadise's avatar

What sets y apart is that it can be either a vowel or a consonant, and the difference in pronunciation in the two cases is fairly subtle.

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