wxjmfa...@gmail.com <wxjmfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > But, this is not the problem. > I was suprised to discover this: > > >>> 'Straße'.upper() > 'STRASSE' > > I really, really do not know what I should think about that. > (It is a complex subject.) And the real question is why?
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fes_%C3%9F#Versalsatz_ohne_gro.C3.9Fes_.C3.9F "Die gegenwärtigen amtlichen Regeln[6] zur neuen deutschen Rechtschreibung kennen keinen Großbuchstaben zum ß: Jeder Buchstabe existiert als Kleinbuchstabe und als Großbuchstabe (Ausnahme ß). Im Versalsatz empfehlen die Regeln, das ß durch SS zu ersetzen: Bei Schreibung mit Großbuchstaben schreibt man SS, zum Beispiel: Straße -- STRASSE." According to the new official spelling rules the uppercase ß does not exist. The recommendation is to use "SS" when writing in all-caps. As to why: It has always been acceptable to replace ß with "ss" when ß wasn't part of a character set. In the new spelling rules, ß has been officially replaced with "ss" in some cases: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/da%C3%9F The uppercase ß isn't really needed, since ß does not occur at the beginning of a word. As far as I know, most Germans wouldn't even know that it has existed at some point or how to write it. Stefan Krah -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
