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Subject: Re: The letter Sharp S and the English language
From: Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>
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On Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:22:26 PM UTC-7, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> In case you remember a heated discussions of what =DF is,
> whether it is an S-Z ligature or an S-S, and how to (not)
> downcase "ACCESS", more evidence comes from Ireland of 1759,
> in the signature of Arthur Guinne=DF,
>=20
> http://home.arcor.de/bauhaus/Ada/GUINNESS.jpg

That pretty clearly looks like two separate letters to me, although the two=
 s's are in different styles.  But it isn't a ligature.  I'm not sure what =
your point is since I don't remember the original thread very well.

                         -- Adam