Well, it's a kind of a dodge, really.Part of the way that the English language and grammar have been defined haphazardly over the years.
Someone decided that it was a rule that all words had to contain at least one vowel.
Someone else pointed out that many didn't.
So y becomes an occasional vowel to cover.
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Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:47,
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Ohhhh, politics.(
Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:48,
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It's basically the bastard lovechild of the letter i anyway.(
Noit happy baby orangutan, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:48,
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This might sound like a simple topic but it's not.See here for details.
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Zuowan, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:53,
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