Re: ß vs. ſs

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On Mar 11, 2010, at 6:21 PM, Andrew West wrote:
On 11 March 2010 17:58, philip chastney <philip_chastney@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> as far as English goes, I normally expect to see (e.g) "princess"
>> in certain contexts, I would not be surprised to see "princeſs"
>> I would never, in my wildest nightmares, expect to see "princeß"
>
> I can't imagine why not -- it is common enough in italic text in 16th
> and 17th century English printed books, e.g.
>
> <http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Blog/Images/TrueCopie_1585_AII.jpg>
> <http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Blog/Images/Micrographia.jpg>

Those are clearly ſs ligatures. I see little good in making English confused between ſs and ſz just because German is.

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