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minus-squareHerbstzeitlose@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThat’s a long s, not a German Eszett (ß).
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agook, but how would it be read? is the actual correct version Progreſ the way I think it should be?
minus-squareCommissarVulpin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s a stylistic thing, it’s no different from a standard S. The opening of the US Bill of Rights is written the same way
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago The opening of the US Bill of Rights is written the same way Congreſs of the united states bloody hell. So… back in the day was the rule to use ſs instead of ss ? I always assumed ſ was just eszett/ß
That’s a long s, not a German Eszett (ß).
ok, but how would it be read? is the actual correct version Progreſ the way I think it should be?
It’s a stylistic thing, it’s no different from a standard S. The opening of the US Bill of Rights is written the same way
bloody hell. So… back in the day was the rule to use ſs instead of ss ? I always assumed ſ was just eszett/ß