Andy Wokula wrote:
[...]
Interesting. I wasn't aware of that the rules of new german spelling
dumped the "sz" completely.
IIUC, it isn't so recent. I think it was already so before the latest reform
(entered into force 1-Aug-1998, supposedly mandatory since 1-Aug-2005, but
[IIUC] still not accepted by everyone). I have reason to believe that that
atlas I spoke about was printed before the 1901-02 reform.
[...]
Using "ss", some words get a different meaning, e.g. "Maße" vs. "Masse".
Although in most (if not all) cases context should make it clear which
meaning applies.
Maße (measure) vs. Masse (mass) is indeed a famous case, as in "A beer brewed
with art, should be consumed with measure" (...in Maße), which becomes "...in
massive quantities" (in Masse). ;-) I guess that slogan must be banned from
Switzerland, where "ß" is normally always written as "ss".
Best regards,
Tony.
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If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs,
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