Re: Uppercase variant of U+00DF LATIN SMA LL LETTER SHARP S ("German s harp s", "ß" )

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2005 - 07:08:33 CST

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    On 18/02/2005 11:12, Otto Stolz wrote:

    > Patrick Andries schrieb:
    >
    >> Hmm. I have my doubts about what those requirements would be for a
    >> sign in front of travel agency written "PREßBURG REISEN", maybe
    >> ignorance and wish to look very Germanic in Bratislava by using a
    >> characteristic ß.
    >
    >
    > Ignorance, definitely.
    >
    > The current spelling is "Pressburg", according to
    > <http://www.ids-mannheim.de/reform/a1-2.html#P2>.
    > (This has been effective since 1998-08-01.)
    >
    > Best wishes,
    > Otto Stolz
    >
    This reform was promulgated by the German government, but I didn't think
    it had had any authority in Slovakia at least since 1945. 

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