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> It started out as a ligature of ſ and ʒ I know that, but again prescriptive linguistics vs. descriptive and descriptive definitely says ss.
by quink 9y ago
> It started out as a ligature of ſ and ʒ
I know that, but again prescriptive linguistics vs. descriptive and descriptive definitely says ss.
- legulere 9y agoSs is horrible because double consonants signify short preceding vocals in German. Yet ß is preceded by long vocals. If you want to replace it, then just with s.