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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by kazinator on Monday July 03, 2017 @07:51PM (#14692355)
> goes back to the 19th century

Yes, and so that indicates people are reviving a problem that their great grandparents didn't bother with.

> German ID cards only use capital letters and need to distinguish ß and ss

Are these newly introduced? If not, why hasn't it been a problem so far? If they are newly introduced, why do they only use capital letters?

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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by germanier on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:02PM (#14692425)
The 1988 passports had capital letters and used ß as well, not sure what was used before. International standards (namely ICAO Doc 9303, starting in 1980) strongly recommend capital letters but I don't know the reasoning.
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