Christian Ebert wrote:
* Bram Moolenaar on Friday, June 16, 2006 at 17:24:20 +0200:
I'll leave it up to language specialists to decide whether making straße
uppercase should result in STRAßE or STRASSE. I thought it was STRASSE.
Historic: STRASZE
Now: STRASSE
See: <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versal-Eszett>
Logically it's much easier to use STRAßE, because the length doesn't
change and the reverse operation works. STRASSE made lower case is
strasse...
The Swiss are more logic (they write "Strasse") but also more
prone to confusion: "Ich trinke Alkohol in Massen." -- which
might mean "I drink alcohol in moderation" or "I drink alcohol
galore".
c
:-) Maß (measure) vs. Masse (mass).
Some say the reason why the Swiss don't use the eszet anymore (except,
maybe, in archaic or pseudo-archaic lettering) is that they have no room
for it on the QWERTZ keyboards of their Franco-Italo-German typewriters.
I don't know if it is true.
Best regards,
Tony.
