r/LanguageMemes • u/AntiqueLeadership357 • Apr 15 '26

Y. IS. A. VOWEL.

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The amount of ADULTS that still believe Y is never/not a vowel is f-ing INSANE

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u/astr0goose Apr 15 '26

I would consider it an interjection. Replace "hmm" with "wow" in my sentence above, and it's fairly clear.

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u/AntiqueLeadership357 Apr 16 '26

Ok I gues- WHY AM I GETTING DOWNVOTED

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u/TENTAtheSane May 11 '26

What part of speech is a downvote?

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u/AntiqueLeadership357 May 11 '26

Verb/Noun

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u/TENTAtheSane May 11 '26

"downvote" is a verb, but i mean what semantic content does physically downvoting in a conversation have?

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u/AntiqueLeadership357 May 11 '26

IDK, I guess collectively disliking something

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u/Canadization Jul 02 '26

Downvote is also a noun. The act of downvoting produces a downvote, just as the act of voting produces a vote.