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From: wtho@cgch.UUCP (Tom Hofmann)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat
Subject: IJ ligature
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Date: 27 Nov 89 07:57:39 GMT
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From article <549@ssp11.idca.tds.philips.nl>, by dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer):
> -The Chicago Manual of Style says that ij should be capitalized as IJ
> -(for example: IJsland).  How well is this adhered to by the Dutch?
> Completly, this is the way we do it. The funny thing is that the Germans
> do it wrong when they talk about our city IJmuiden or lake IJsselmeer,
> as they write: Ijmuiden and Ijsselmeer.

The "Duden" (German standard book of orthography) writes "IJsselmeer"
but also allows a Germanized form "Ijsselmeer". The reason may be that
most Germans do not know about this ligature.

Tom Hofmann        wtho@cgch.UUCP