It also appears that the "ij" diphthong was used in the 1600s as well - see https://lensonleeuwenhoek.net/content/leeuwenhoek-name-how-pronounce-it - where there is this explanation of the pronunciation of "Antoni van Leeuvenhoek":
An-to'-nee fan Lay'-uven-hook, The first name, accented on the second syllable, An-to'-nee, ends in the Dutch long i that is closest to the English j, which is how he spelled it most often even though it says Thonis on his baptismal record. Antonij would not be readily pronounced in English, so most biographers use Antony or Antoni. On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 6:56 PM Donna Ydreos <[email protected]> wrote: > Missing persons: > > Both I and J were used interchangeably by scribes to express the sound of > both the vowel and the consonant. It wasn’t until 1524 when Gian Giorgio > Trissino, an Italian Renaissance grammarian known as the father of the > letter J, made a clear distinction between the two sounds. Trissino’s > contribution is important because once he distinguished the soft J sound, > as in “jam” (probably a loan sound), he was able to identify the Greek > “Iesus” a translation of the Hebrew “Yeshua,” as the Modern English > “Jesus.” Thus the current phoneme for J was born. It always goes back to > Jesus. > > https://www.dictionary.com/e/j/ <https://www.dictionary.com/e/j/> > > J is the title that scholars ascribe to the nameless writer they believe > is responsible for the text, written between 950 & 900, on which Genesis, > Exodus & Numbers is based. > > ...So Bloom, connoisseur of sublimity, unveils and proceeds to adore Lady > J, now seen to be a royal princess, perhaps a daughter of Solomon: a superb > aristocrat, a rationalist, a comedian, a feminine ironist, one of Bloom's > "strong" poets. > > Dr. Iverson recommended I read "The Book of J” by Harold Bloom when I was > asking about the name he chose for his programming language. > > > https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/01/specials/bloom-j.html > < > https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/01/specials/bloom-j.html > > > > > https://www.womeninthebible.net/women-bible-old-new-testaments/basemath-taphath/ > < > https://www.womeninthebible.net/women-bible-old-new-testaments/basemath-taphath/ > > > > > > > On Aug 20, 2021, at 12:45 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/JforC_Front_Cover > > > > For more than 13 years, #4 in the list laid empty, defying the collective > > knowledge and search abilities of the J community. I have finally > pleaded > > with Henry Rich to tell us who the gentleman is. Thank you Henry. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
