Re: Uppercase ß is coming? (U+1E9E)

From: Frank Ellermann (nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de)
Date: Sun May 06 2007 - 11:05:18 CDT

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    Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
     
    >> I think you won't find any Anna Weisz - her name would be
    >> Anna Weiß. The SZ should be unambiguous wrt German names.
     
    > You are wrong. See http://tinyurl.com/2jhedr .

    If I understand the genealogy page correctly that's a family
    with ancestors in Temesvar, so that could be an attempt to
    emulate szlig by sz in a country where szlig isn't used. Or
    maybe it's a genuine Hungarian or Romanian name unrelated to
    the German word for "white".

    Frank



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