Talk:Maia (mythology)

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[edit] Maja

The note says

The alternative orthography Maja simply uses long i between two vowels, similar to Pompeji or Sequoja.

Especially since (for me at least) the accompanying "examples" are hardly familiar, would something like this be a less cryptic and confusing explanation:

The alternative orthography Maja reflects the Renaissance stage in the evolution of the letter J, in which it represented only a long-I vowel sound, rather than the consonantal sound that is J's predominant modern-English value.

Or am i somehow confused? (Well, i do know i'm confused about whether there is a distinction between the long-I and an ah-ee diphthong.)
--Jerzy•t 16:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)