Re: [OS X TeX] Re: Searching for ß (eszett)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 04.04.2011 um 05:46 schrieb LuKreme:

> Well, but ß IS ss.

This *might* be true for Swiss use, but this use is lax, having to  
cope with four languages (even the French double quotes are used  
wrongly). For the remainder of the world ß and ss are not equal. And  
there even exist a few extremists who fight for the introduction of a  
capitalised form of ß. ß influences the way a vowel is being  
articulated: long. With ss the vowel becomes a short one. Examples:  
die Maße vs. die Masse.

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