Re: German style orthography
| From: | Pascal A. Kramm <pkramm@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 9, 2004, 22:50 |
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:22:03 +0100, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
wrote:
>On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:13:49 -0800, bob thornton <arcanesock@...> wrote:
>> Question: How is /s/ represented in German as of now?
/s/ is either represented by s (before consonants) or by ß (at the end of a
word or compound). "ss" was originally always /ss/ (two s sounds), but since
the German spelling got viciously raped by the "spelling reform", *some* ß
are supposed to be written "ss" now, while only representing a single "s"
sound.
>Since word-initial |s| is always /z/ in German,
That's not correct. There is *no* distinction made for being word-initial.
The distinctions made are "s before vowel" (which is always /z/), "s before
consonant except p, t" (which is always /s/) and "s before p, t" (which is
always /S/). All of this regardless of position in the word.
--
Pascal A. Kramm, author of:
Choton: http://www.choton.org
Ichwara Prana: http://www.choton.org/ichwara/
Skälansk: http://www.choton.org/sk/
Advanced English: http://www.choton.org/ae/
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