On 2017-09-04 03:28, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 01:48 pm, Stefan Ram wrote:
Steve D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> writes:
[1] I believe that the German government has now officially recognised the
uppercase form of ß.
[skip to the last paragraph for some "ß" content,
unless you want to read details about German spelling rules.]
The German language is as free as the English one. It does
not come from a government.
Nevertheless, even in English there are de facto rules about what you can and
cannot use as text for official purposes. In most countries, you cannot change
your name to an unpronounceable "love symbol" as the late Artist Formally Known
As Prince did. You can't fill in your tax using Alienese
http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Alienese
or even Vietnamese, Greek or Arabic.
In Australia, the Victorian state government Department of Births Deaths and
Marriages doesn't even accept such unexceptional and minor variants as Zöe for
Zoe. Of course you are free to call yourself Zöe when you sign your emails, but
your birth certificate, passport and drivers licence will show it as Zoe.
Of course they reject "Zöe": the correct spelling is "Zoë". :-)
[snip]
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