Dude "Y" is totally a vowel. And if it isn't technically one, it still can function as one in certain situations like in "Why" and "gypsy" that's why it was included in the bununu post
i was always taught as a child the only vowels were the five AEIOU and its stuck with me since. i wonder if this is a british/american english thing??? possibly
either way i made a google search because i was interested and apparently y is considered a “semivowel” because in some cases it serves as a constant and in others it serves as a vowel, kinda like what u said
its obviously down to the possition of a “y” in a word - in yellow its a constant but in why it mimics one of the “i” sounds which i guess yeah is it functioning as a vowel HOWEVER i still dont like it and i would argue its probably some dumb shit about how our words were formed because in reality when y is a constant its never making a sound that we cant already make with the original 5 - “whi”/”whie” and “gipsie” for example would be completely plausible ways to think of spelling those words if u didnt know the dumb english rules that make things unnecessarily hard
tldr; it can function as a vowel some of the tie because of UGLY STUPID english being UNGLY AND STUPDI as per fuckign usual but i still wouldnt consider it a vowel in and of itself and honestly i think theres no reason for it to be used that way other than the fact we have to because thats how it is
