Re: CHAT: silly names

On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> >Aidan Grey <frterminus@...> writes:
> > > > > ie, man is crazy ;)
> > > > It's also Italian for kisses _baci_ isn't it?
> >
> >And German `Tschüß' (Bye, bye) sounds like `qu si': go die!
> >Speakers of Mandarin must think Germans have strange habits.
>
>
> Isn't _tschüss_ the proper spelling nowadays? According the the new spelling
> conventions "ß" is only to be used after long vowels and diphthongs, IIRC.
I heard that too, though since I taught myself from a 1960's grammar
before taking a German class I learned all the *old* spellings.
<grumble>  And Cornell profs don't seem to take off for the old spellings
(in the first 2 semesters, anyway).  But I wonder--did other
German-speaking nations like Austria and Switzerland also do the same
thing, or is it just a Germany thing?

YHL

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