John Cowan wrote:
>Robert Hailman wrote:
>
>> Also, what does "ÿ" mean? If I'm not mistaken, that's used in Dutch as
>> well.
>
>It's an archaic glyph variant of "ij". If you tilt the "i" so it runs into
>the stem of the "j", then you get "ÿ", where the left dot comes from the
"i"
>and the right dot comes from the "j".
>
>But it's used as simple y-with-diaeresis in some French words, though I
>cannot find an example at present.>
There is/was a wine shipper in Bordeaux (good stuff too)-- (Someone) et
Schuÿler. Not exactly a French word, however.