Pronounciations of Vi and Yi

What gives, why wouldn't they have similar pronounciations?

Because words like bologna exist.

Come on, man. This is English. It gets weird.

I believe its due to the first letter in the name and how they work differently. Considering that Y sometimes counts as a vowel could very well be the key.

Where are the English majors when you need them [zombie-nunu-bummed]

Same reason we use physics instead of fiziks

English language is like a lot of other languages in that they borrow words from other languages. But English speakers do this thing where they follow the spelling as precisely as possible and it's possible they will try to keep the original pronunciation if possible and if that happens then the spelling will not follow the English rules most likely.

Also, names tend to throw rules out the window. Vie is an English word, but feminine names are often English words spelled incorrectly on purpose while the male names are usually spelled correctly, like Mark or Ray. If a word is Anglicized, then all the above about spelling/pronouncing as much like the original as possible will not apply. An example of Anglicization would be the name Andrew, which is a fully English version of the Greek name Andreas.

u w0t? It's obviously Yi > Yay and Vi > Vee Where did you learn english m8?

Mmm grammar...

I love to eat my parents and my dog.

Compared to...

I love to eat, my parents, and my dog.

It's amazing what a , can do lol.