OT [Way OT]: Unicode Unification Objections

Sat May 13 10:58:38 EDT 2000

boud at rempt.xs4all.nl (Boudewijn Rempt) writes:

> For example, when Unicode decided that `y-diaresis' could be used
> > to replace the Finnish `ij' ligature, Finnish people were not very happy.[1])
> 
> Us Dutch people ain't that happy, either, quoth Boudewijn.

Hmm, there *is* an "ĳ" ligature (U+0133, LATIN SMALL LIGATURE IJ).
Unicode 3.0 says it's roughly similar to "ij", but not to "ÿ".