Why Y Is a Vowel According to Physics (and so is W) Season 11 Episode 8 | 13m 58s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we ...

Every elementary school student learns it early in their lives: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y. Scott Zolak, however, was apparently absent on the day that was taught in his school.

How many vowels does English have? Five, right? A, E, I, O, U. Oh, and sometimes Y. So, six? Actually, English has at least 14 different vowel sounds and, depending on the speaker and dialect ...