Re: Lukashenka (jara: Country names still needed)
| From: | Muke Tever <muke@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 15, 2003, 7:58 |
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From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 09:30:13PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> (re: ß)
>
> > Why can't a capital be the same as the lower case?
>
> Well, I can't give you any technical reason; I can only
> point to actual German usage.
I can give the technical reason. :p The eszett symbol (name notwithstanding)
is in origin a ligature of two lowercase letters "s" (the first being the long,
IPA [S]-like kind). Capitalize either or both of these, and bingo, no ligature,
and no eszett.
*Muke!
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