The capital sharp S in now part of the official German orthography

Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by detaro on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:42PM (#14691621)

But there are some – e.g. Auszeit. And at the same time, we use ß in locations where it'd otherwise be ss. While it started as a ligature, its current usage doesn't fit that.

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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by NoodleIncident on Monday July 03, 2017 @06:17PM (#14691874)

That doesn't mean it's not a ligature. If English still had a "th" ligature, the word "outhouse" wouldn't use it.

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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by malz on Monday July 03, 2017 @07:03PM (#14692099)

Interesting claim ... a similar compound word with a present-day ligature is "halfling." TextEdit renders that with an "fl" ligature, but should it not?

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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by kuschku on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:18PM (#14692514)

Is w then still a ligature of vv, and should vve remove it?

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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by Symbiote on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @02:32AM (#14693960)

th in English wouldn't be a ligature, it would be a letter (thorn or eth).

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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by cbmueller on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:50PM (#14691673)

Absolutely true, it's not really its own letter nor is it really a ligature. It's an unique feature of the german language, which is hopefully here to stay...

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