2009/9/24 Pengalanty <[email protected]>: > --- In [email protected], Bob Wood <bobdotw...@...> wrote: >> >> 2009/9/23 Pengalanty <allan...@...>: >> >> > In German f is represents a double s (ss) (I don't know if this makes >> > sense to everybody but it may be an interesting point??? ~Allan~ >> >> >> No. I don't know whether something of what you meant to type has gone >> missing, but as it stands this is incorrect. >> >> The single s is represented in traditional German script by something >> which is similar to our f. The double s *after a long vowel* is >> called esszet and is represented by a character which similar to our >> upper case B with a tail. >> -- >> Bob >> > Spot On Bob! You are obvoiusly much better than me explaining the shape of > things. ~Allan~
I got it wrong so many times at school and now 45 years later, I can remember it precisely. -- Bob
