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I'm not German, but afaik the spelling reform of 1996 that introduced ss as an always-alternative for ß was mainly aimed at simplification and unification. Do y

by dtech 6y ago

I'm not German, but afaik the spelling reform of 1996 that introduced ss as an always-alternative for ß was mainly aimed at simplification and unification. Do you have any support for your statement that it was because of insufficient support by IT systems?

stkdump 6y ago
Such an always-alternative doesn't exist. ß was changed to ss at the end of short syllables, that is all. I think there is a rule to always use ss instead of ß (and ae instead of ä, etc.), when ß is not available. But that wasn't introduced in 1996, that is way older and less relevant today than it used to be. Gruß, stkdump