Re: CHAT: YAC: or more exactly: yet another conlang sketch

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".
Ah, I had entertained that idea, but then I thought "No, that's too
easy!" Easy it may be, but it's true too. Good to know. Is it used often
anymore?

> But it's used as simple y-with-diaeresis in some French words, though I
> cannot find an example at present.
I don't think I've seen that, but I'd understand it if I came across it,
assuming it's used in the same vein as the other vowels-with-diaeresis.

--
Robert