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Different parts of a string can be in different languages too[1]. The lowercase of "DON'T FUSS ABOUT FUSSBALL" is "don't fuss about fußball". Unless you're in
by zarzavat 2y ago
Different parts of a string can be in different languages too[1].
The lowercase of "DON'T FUSS ABOUT FUSSBALL" is "don't fuss about fußball". Unless you're in Switzerland.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching
- schoen 2y agoProbably "don't fuss about Fußball" for the same reasons, right?
- thiht 2y agoI thought the German language deprecated the use of ß years ago, no? I learned German for a year and that's what the teacher told us, but maybe it's not the whole story
- 47282847 2y agoIncorrect. ẞ is still a thing.
- CamperBob2 2y agoGoing by what you and the grandparent wrote, it's not just a thing, but two different things: ẞ ß It is probably time for an Esperanto advocate to show up and set us all straight.
- D-Coder 2y agoPri kio vi parolas? En Esperanto, unu letero egalas unu sonon. What are you talking about? In Esperanto, one letter equals one sound.
- selenography 2y ago> set us all straight. Se fareblus oni, jam farintus oni. (It definitely won't happen on an echo-change day like today, either. ;)) Contra my comrade's comment, Esperanto orthography is firmly European, and so retains European-style casing distinctions; every sound thus still has two letters -- or at least two codepoints. (There aren't any eszettesque bigraphs, but that's not saying much.)
- TZubiri 2y agoGermans run Uber Long Term Support dialects
- Kwpolska 2y agoThe Swiss have dropped ß, but it's still a thing in Germany or Austria.