BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-square173fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square173fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoThat’s the only word in the (American) English language that uses w as a vowel (I hope British English has a stronger Welsh influence, but I can’t say). If you learned “and sometimes y and w” as part of your vowels, that’s the reason why.
That’s the only word in the (American) English language that uses w as a vowel (I hope British English has a stronger Welsh influence, but I can’t say). If you learned “and sometimes y and w” as part of your vowels, that’s the reason why.