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 ## Rationale
 
-Scots uses a letter, yogh (&yogh;, &Yogh;), which is not present in the modern 
+Scots uses a letter, yogh (ȝ, Ȝ), which is not present in the modern 
 English alphabet. Since the late medieval period, printers in Scotland tended 
-to buy their type from typefounders in England, who did not include &yogh;.
+to buy their type from typefounders in England, who did not include ȝ.
 Consequently, it has become common practice to use 'z' in
-place of &yogh;, which leads to confusion in the pronunciation of many words
+place of ȝ, which leads to confusion in the pronunciation of many words
 and, in particular, in names such as
 
-* Cocken&yogh;ie
-* Dal&yogh;iel
-* Men&yogh;ies
-* &Yogh;etland
+* Cockenȝie
+* Dalȝiel
+* Menȝies
+* Ȝetland
 
 If you think that native Scots speakers pronounce these words strangely, this 
 is probably why.
 
-As modern computers are perfectly capable of displaying the &yogh; glyph, it 
+As modern computers are perfectly capable of displaying the ȝ glyph, it 
 seems sensible to make it convenient for Scots users to have a keyboard layout
 which makes it convenient to type it.