> for instance a Dutch person would spell 'mijn' as 'm', 'ij', 'n' Not anyone under the age of fifty, unless they want to deal with the follow up question too.

> for instance a Dutch person would spell 'mijn' as 'm', 'ij', 'n' Not anyone under the age of fifty, unless they want to deal with the follow up question too. ("Is that a long or short ij/ei?") Here's a screenshot from just one random Dutch children's spelling quiz online: https://postimg.cc/47wFHy0v https://postimg.cc/47wFHy0v Separate letters for 'ij', despite it formally being a single letter.