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[-] Panda@lemmy.today 6 points 4 days ago

In Dutch we pronounce it like "way". It's much shorter than double U.

[-] sjmulder@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago

But we make up for that with griekse y, korte ei and lange ij! All pronounced [ɛi], similar to 'eye'.

[-] Panda@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

That's true! I'm honestly not sure why we need to have both ei and ij. Must be difficult for people learning the language.

[-] Scribbd@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

It is also for those who grew up with the language. If I have no spellcheck, I sometimes just have to write it both ways and see which way feels 'right'.

[-] Panda@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

True, sometimes it's really simple ones, too. And sometimes I do spell it correctly but when I reread it I start to doubt myself because the word looks weird. Even though I did spell it correctly.

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