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Re: German style orthography

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, December 11, 2004, 19:47
J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:


>>So, perhaps use eszett initially, and s medially for /z/? > > > That would be possible. I've read that Jacob Grimm (one of the two > fairy-tale Grimms) proposed to use the long &#383; for /z/ and round s for /s/, > though he abandoned this proposition later.
I have seen this convention actually used in an old Langenscheidt dictionary. They also used Fraktur of course! -- /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)