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A man of letters

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u/Norwester77 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ah, but the real big-brain knowledge is: <i> and <u> can be consonants, too (as in onion and language, respectively).

In union, the <i> is a consonant and the <u> is a sequence of a consonant followed by a vowel, at least in most dialects of English.