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[lojban-beginners] Re: special marks in Dutch



On Friday 25 May 2007 13:52:52 MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/25/2007 5:10:37 AM Central Daylight Time,
>
> ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:
> > There's also the acute accent, used to distinguish "één" (one) from "een"
> > (an).
> >
> > phma
>
> Is the combination "ij" considered one letter or two?
>
> stevo   </HTML>

One, I'd say. Crosswords always have one square for it :P Also, it's often 
written as one symbol. Oddly, the counterpart "ei" (identical sound usually) 
is two letters.

Dominic

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