Usage examples for Yttria:
-
W
or
y
is
called
a
consonant
when
it
precedes
a
vowel
heard
in
the
same
syllable;
as
in
wine,
twine,
whine;
ye,
yet,
youth:
in
all
other
cases,
these
letters
are
vowels;
as
in
Yssel,
Ystadt,
yttria
newly,
dewy,
eyebrow.
"The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown