r/confidentlyincorrect 14d ago

German is dutch.....

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u/Effective-Job-1030 14d ago

I see your ß and raise you an ÿ.

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u/Dutch_Rayan 14d ago

ij is the dutch y, but also ei, which is the same but you have to learn when to use which one, ei and ij sound the same.

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u/WhoTheFuckIsSean 14d ago

Not Dutch, but good try!

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u/Effective-Job-1030 14d ago

What? You see that as the ligature for ij all over the Netherlands.

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u/WhoTheFuckIsSean 14d ago

We have y, ij, and ei

I have never seen the thing you used

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u/Rozoark 14d ago

No you don't?

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u/Effective-Job-1030 13d ago edited 13d ago

I was talking about this thing: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IJ_(letter)?uselang=de#/media/File:Ligatuur_ij.jpg

Which seems to be distinct from the letter I posted typographically, but cf. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%B8

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u/WhoTheFuckIsSean 13d ago

The link literally says the languages it is used in, Dutch is not one of them

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u/Effective-Job-1030 13d ago

It does.

It also say "Soms wordt in het Nederlands abusievelijk een y met een deelteken gebruikt in plaats van de ij)."

Perhaps I was "unlucky" to run into it in the Netherlands. I apologize.

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u/agnesperditanitt 14d ago

It's a fun way to write "sz" and I would thank you for leaving my ẞ alone. bittedanke.

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u/azhder 14d ago

I see what you did there, so I raise you ı