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LEEUWENHOEK AND HIS “‘ LITTLE ANIMALS ”’ 
(1) VowELs 
ae is written for aa (e.g. aen, daer, waer, aengaen, for 
aan, daar, waar, aangaan).’ 
eij may represent ez: as weijnig [ weinig |, Mez | Mei], etc. 
7, y, and 7 are often interchangeable, and do not always 
correspond with the modern usage of 7, 7, and y. 
The diphthong uy often stands for modern we. 
Spellings such as the following are thus common: 
jk, jmagineer, duijsent, huijs, Antonj [= ik, imagineer, 
duizend, huis, Antony]. 
ou is occasionally written for oe: e.g. genouch | genoeg |. 
we often occurs instead of ew or ww: e.g. curiues,” 
generues, figuer [= curieus, genereus, figuur]. 
ue may represent wu: e.g. vuier, muyer, [= vuur, 
muur |. 
(2) CONSONANTS 
c or ck commonly stands for /& (or sometimes £h), 
Leeuwenhoek regularly wrote ick [for ik], welcke 
[welke], oock [ook], malcander [malkander], clootgens 
[klootjes|, comen [komen], druckingh |drukking], 
trecking | trekking |, ete. 
ch for g. For example nochtans [nogtans], wedjnich 
[weinig]. The terminal was subject to elision, 
however, before a following aspirate: thus L. wrote 
hollicheijt [holligheid = holheid]. 
cx or cka for ks. Examples: sulca, sulckax [zulks]. 
d = dt = t. Examples: hadt [had], edethetjdt 
[edelheid], Engelant [Engeland], Hollant | Holland], 
goet [goed], hucjt [huid], zad [zat]. 
f = ff = v. Examples: halff [half], self [zelf], off 
[of |, beneffens [benevens |. 
— 7. Examples: diertgens [diertjes], deeltgen 
[deeltje] . 
gh=g. .g.langh [lang], hoogh [hoog], verwonderingh 
[verwondering ]. 
‘ It may be noted, however, that L. generally spelled the noun haar 
[= Engl. hair] as haiy—not haer. He adopted the latter spelling for the 
possessive pronoun haar [ = Engl. her, their ]. 
2 L. also wrote curieuws and cwrius. .He also wrote coulewr or couluer 
[for klewr] indifferently. © 
