Re: Gz^rod|in (Some grammar now)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 13, 2000, 15:43 |
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Adrian Morgan wrote:
> c.f. the German
> use of beta to mean SS.
Not at all. The German sharp S is a ligature of long S (the one that looks
vaguely like f in roman type) and a modified Z, as it's alternative name
"ess-zed" indicates. The resemblance to \beta is sheer coincidence.
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