[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: > Off-hand, it seems that in English "y" mostly* is [j] if in initial position, > otherwise it's either [i] or [ai]. So it's either one consonant, or one or two > vowels...
English vocalic "y" is only [i] if it's final, with few exceptions ("machine", e.g.). Otherwise it is [I] or [ai]. -- What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the John Cowan sound of a [Ww]all that people have stopped [EMAIL PROTECTED] banging their head against? --Larry http://www.ccil.org/~cowan