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[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

In the future they'll just censor all of the verbs, nouns, and adjectives.

Or, in modern parlance, "In the f*ture th*y'll just c*ns*r all of the v*rbs, n**ns and adj*ctives."

The star will be the only vowel. Eventually they'll just drop it all together and English will be only consonants. Children will ask "nn gndrd prnt fgr, why ds th kybrd hv ths xtr fnny lttrs?" And no one will know the answer.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago
[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't like that you didn't censor any "y", even in words that it is clearly a vowel.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I never learned when Y was a vowel and at this point I'm to afraid to ask.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So I had a minute of boredom and looked it up.

As it turns out, much like I before E, the "sometimes" rule we learned as children is the fucking opposite of truth.

Y is a consonant when it makes the "yuh" sound in words like yellow and yak.

It's literally always a vowel otherwise.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

English is insane.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It's a vowel when you can pronounce the sound without moving your lips

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

So v, z, f, l, h, m, n, r, s, some Ts, and leading Xs are all vowels?

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some people get offended by pronouns, better censor those too