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mr_unreliable schrieb:
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> The "Scharfe-ess" is used in German
> (sometimes) in place of a double-s. For example, Fuss (foot)
> becomes "Fuß", or Wasser (water) becomes Waßer.
Wasser is/stays "Wasser" (rule of thumb: after short vowel: ss)
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> If not, the character I am referring to
> is (ansi?) 223.
see:
http://czyborra.com/charsets/codepages.html Quote:
> I am told by German-speakers that the "Scharfe-ess" sounds
> (slightly?) different from a double-s, when spoken. But I can't
> hear the difference.
Discard the first and rely on the second sentence.
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> But that's getting off the subject.
I agree.