Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or...
by dukoid on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:49PM
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There are words where the difference is actually significant, e.g. "Masse" (=mass) vs "Maße" (=dimensions)
It's also not a ligature for sz ("Amtszeit"), although it has developed from one (of the long s and the tailed z, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F )
I like that the information loss in toUpperCase() is gone now in this case, so I am all for it O:)
Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or...
by ygra on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @04:34AM
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Amtszeit is a bad example, though, as German never uses ligatures for letter sequences spanning syllables. And I think there are no examples of sz appearing within a syllable.
It's also not a ligature for sz ("Amtszeit"), although it has developed from one (of the long s and the tailed z, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F )
I like that the information loss in toUpperCase() is gone now in this case, so I am all for it O:)