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Old 12-18-2012, 04:24 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by xendula View Post
I never learned it this way; it always was SS in capital letters. Maybe it differs from country to country? I went to school in Germany.
I looked it up. The spelling reform of 1996 abolished it completely, so just use "ss".

Given that ß is, in fact, a ligature of s and z, not to mention the common German name of "Eszett", however, "sz" is still occasionally used, perhaps by the (slightly?) older generation.
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