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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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