12-15-2007, 04:32 PM
Hold please while I ask the master...
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Fred says before they changed all the rules a few years ago, it used to be that there almost was never a double s, only the esset, but since most printing machines had no esset, especially abroad, it was accepted as an alternative simply if there was no means to write it. But the Germans for themselves pretty much demanded an esset.
The new rules are now that there are actually some words that have had the esset replaced by a double ss. Now, all words with a sharp vowel followed by a long s,( hasse for example) is written with a double, while long s..strasse (esset) would still be written as before. The new spelling system confuses even the Germans. You have to be a genius, (like mine!), to actually get it.
But for foreigners, the double ss is always acceptable and understood.
For a simple paragraph that took a lot of work! I hope you understood. It wold have helped if I could find the esset here :-(
Tick tock tick tick tock......
Fred says before they changed all the rules a few years ago, it used to be that there almost was never a double s, only the esset, but since most printing machines had no esset, especially abroad, it was accepted as an alternative simply if there was no means to write it. But the Germans for themselves pretty much demanded an esset.
The new rules are now that there are actually some words that have had the esset replaced by a double ss. Now, all words with a sharp vowel followed by a long s,( hasse for example) is written with a double, while long s..strasse (esset) would still be written as before. The new spelling system confuses even the Germans. You have to be a genius, (like mine!), to actually get it.
But for foreigners, the double ss is always acceptable and understood.
For a simple paragraph that took a lot of work! I hope you understood. It wold have helped if I could find the esset here :-(
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