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Re: CHAT: R: Re: CHAT: silly names

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 20, 2001, 19:22
Luca wrote:
>AFAIK, Switzerland has been the first nation to abolish the 'es zet' (ß). > >On the other hand, I seem to recall there was a German Land which didn't >accept it (Niedersachsen?)... but I may be wrong...
Have the Swiss ABOLISHED the Eszett? If so, there'll be THREE different spelling-norms ... Or do you only mean that they've switched to the new German, less Eszett-happy, norm? The Bundesland in question is Schleswig-Holstein. I don't know whether they've caved in yet, but I find it hard to believe they'll go against the rest of Germany for very long on this issue. Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.