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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Dutch "ij"
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Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 16:28:07 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  2 16:28:07 1985
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[Ij got a flij in mij eij ...]

It is considered equivalent to "y", even when alphabetizing.  The Dutch
don't care if you don't make it a ligature.  (On the other hand, I remember
designing such a ligature on a TI 99-4.)

Yes, it can be capitalized - there's a body of water called the "IJ."
(Also known as the "Y", naturally.)
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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