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The conversion is lossy since lowercase ss (e.g Gasse) is valid and common German and capitalizes to SS as well. Short of the call learning some German, there's
by pvg 5y ago
The conversion is lossy since lowercase ss (e.g Gasse) is valid and common German and capitalizes to SS as well. Short of the call learning some German, there's no neatly reversing this.
- ThreeFx 5y agoThere are even cases where it is context-depedent: Maße (measurements) and Masse (mass). Both are written MASSE uppercased, but how do you know which one's which? For additional fun: Swiss German doesn't use ß at all, so there is no difference between "in Maßen genießen" (to enjoy in moderation) and "in Massen genießen" (to enjoy in large amounts).
- pvg 5y agoSwiss German doesn't use ß at all TIL! I googled my way to a fun summary of the various factors potentially influencing this: https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/56567/why-was-%C3%9F-discontinued-in-switzerland https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/56567/why-was-%C3...