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Is secretly snickering at somebody saying that the eszett is for 'ss', since that's what it's usually transcribed as, because they know that it came from the old-fashioned German script creating a ligature of 'sz', hence the name 'eszett', even though it is almost universally 'ss' today.
 
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Libertine Seguros said:
Is secretly snickering at somebody saying that the eszett is for 'ss', since that's what it's usually transcribed as, because they know that it came from the old-fashioned German script creating a ligature of 'sz', hence the name 'eszett', even though it is almost universally 'ss' today.

hard to understand after a few tequilas
 
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TopCarbon said:
hard to understand after a few tequilas

Let's me drive the lambo slow in the driveway after he has had a few
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Libertine Seguros said:
Is secretly snickering at somebody saying that the eszett is for 'ss', since that's what it's usually transcribed as, because they know that it came from the old-fashioned German script creating a ligature of 'sz', hence the name 'eszett', even though it is almost universally 'ss' today.

Wants to beat up ACF for butchering the German language.
 

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