"Y" a consenant or vowel

[JudgeMind]

Wondering if people are considering the letter "y" as a consenant or vowel in their domain names. I have a couple short names im looking to market but want to advertise them appropriately.

 

[tkerns05]

I keep seeing it as a vowel.

 

[ddchan]

I keep seeing it as a vowel.

I agree with him

 

[Traveler]

AEIOU and sometimes Y

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Sorry, could not help myself.

Is the letter Y a vowel or a consonant?

http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/is-the-letter-y-a-vowel-or-a-consonant:

"The letter Y can be regarded as both a vowel and a consonant. In terms of sound, a vowel is 'a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction...', while a consonant is 'a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed'. The letter Y can be used to represent different sounds in different words, and can therefore fit either definition. In myth or hymn it's clearly a vowel, and also in words such as my, where it stands for a diphthong (a combination of two vowel sounds).

On the other hand, in a word like beyond there is an obstacle to the breath which can be heard between two vowels, and the same sound begins words like young and yes. (This consonant sound, like that of the letter W, is sometimes called a 'semivowel' because it is made in a similar way to a vowel, but functions in contrast to vowels when used in words.) Whether the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant is therefore rather an arbitrary decision. The letter is probably more often used as a vowel, but in this role it's often interchangeable with the letter I. However, the consonant sound is not consistently represented in English spelling by any other letter, and perhaps for this reason Y tends traditionally to be counted among the consonants."

 

[htmlindex]

I don't know about you all, but in schools here everyone was taught that there are only 5 vowels: AEIOU

If you watch "Wheel of Fortune" & they buy a vowel, there's no option of Y as a vowel

 

[VirtualEstateChris]

Y is most definitely a vowel.

 

[enterscope]

it depends:

Really - Consonant
Why - Vowel

 

[-EM-]

Depends in the language you are referring to.
In English it is exactly as the oxforddictionary.com says.
In my native language, "y" is considered as 100% vowel so I will see it always as vowel.

 

[imexperttools]

Let's just follow the Oxford standards and says that Y is both a consonant and vowel ~

 

[Vincentas]

Both. It all depends on how the letter is used in the word.