From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: sharp ß and ss in Ada keywords like ACCESS
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:22:34 +0100
Date: 2011-10-10T18:22:34+01:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 4e931db5$0$6541$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net
Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:
> The history of the USA harbors an interesting specimen of sharp-s,
> its origin and meaning, as I learned just now.
> It is not from a text written in German, though; rather, it is heading,
> TA DA, the Bill of Rights:
>
> http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_zoom_1.html
I'd have called that 'long s': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
(which mentions "the German double s, ß" as an example of a ligature).
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-10 16:30 sharp ß and ss in Ada keywords like ACCESS Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-10 16:46 ` Adam Beneschan
2011-10-10 18:23 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-10 22:25 ` sharp � " Randy Brukardt
2011-10-11 7:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-11 7:41 ` sharp ß " Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-11 8:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-11 20:32 ` sharp � " Randy Brukardt
2011-10-12 7:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-12 9:42 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-10-12 12:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-12 20:17 ` sharp " Randy Brukardt
2011-10-12 21:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-11 17:33 ` sharp ß " Martin Krischik
2011-10-11 18:54 ` Adam Beneschan
2011-10-12 13:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-12 13:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-12 18:24 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-12 20:06 ` sharp � " Randy Brukardt
2011-10-12 20:48 ` sharp ß " Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-12 22:56 ` sharp ß and ss in Ada keywords like AC CESS Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-13 8:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-13 12:13 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-13 13:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-13 15:18 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-13 19:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-11 7:33 ` sharp ß and ss in Ada keywords like ACCESS Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-10-11 14:32 ` Adam Beneschan
2011-10-11 17:26 ` sharp ß and ss in Ada keywords like ACCESS (better not) Martin Krischik
2011-10-12 12:34 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-10-10 17:22 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2011-10-10 17:45 ` sharp ß and ss in Ada keywords like ACCESS AdaMagica
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