2013-02-16 11:38, Stephan Stiller wrote:
(By the way, for those finding the German rule to write "SS" unsatisfactory: It's hard to come by an actual minimal pair.
Example: Strauss vs. Strauß. Originally the same name, but two spellings make them two names that may need to be distinguished from each other.
And it's not like capitalization is otherwise invertible – the capitalization bits contain information as well, after all.)
That is correct in general. But for German personal names, I would expect capitalization to be invertible, provided that “ß” has been mapped to “ẞ” U+1E9E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S.
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