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Pendantic, but: ß is not a ligature of s and z, but of the long s (ſ) and the tailed s (ʒ)[0], hence why when capitalized it is replaced with the double S. (Alt
by _petronius 3y ago
Pendantic, but: ß is not a ligature of s and z, but of the long s (ſ) and the tailed s (ʒ)[0], hence why when capitalized it is replaced with the double S. (Although there has been a more contemporary innovation of a "capital ß", not without controversy.)
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F
- gumby 3y agoI have always considered the long s in German, English and Greek to simply be a variant form of "s" given that the two are otherwise utterly equivalent. As for ʒ, it is literally a tailed z, not s, as even your link says.