From: Thomas M. Widmann (thomas@widmann.uklinux.net)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 18:13:33 EDT
Stefan Persson <alsjebegrijptwatikbedoel@yahoo.se> writes:
> Pim Blokland wrote:
>
> > P.S. I haven't yet stumbled upon any words starting with ij which
> > were NOT pronounced with the ij sound. I'm beginning to think words
> > like that don't exist.
>
> What if a Dutch source writes about a foreigner whose name begins
> with "ij"?
No, then they would presumably type it as "I" + "j", which should be
enough to make the difference. If, however, it was typed in
upper-case, and one afterwards tried to title-case it, it would go
wrong. Also, if the Spanish word "ijada" was ever borrowed into
Dutch, a real problem would arise.
However, I think this is becoming rather hypothetical... :-)
/Thomas
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