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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by bla2 on Monday July 03, 2017 @06:09PM (#14691812)
I don't think there's anything wrong with þ either. It fell out of favor, so it went away. If ß falls out of favor one day that's fine, but at the moment it's part of the language and that's fine too.
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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by Symbiote on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @02:19AM (#14693896)
Thorn wasn't in the printing presses (imported from Germany) so the letter wasn't used. "Y" was in the font, but wasn't much used in English, so for a while that was used instead. "Ye Olde Shop"
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