Otto Stolz wrote:
> So I have been told, many times. But this does not explain why
> the old orthography demanded a hyphenation of "ck" (as in Zuk-
> ker") in contrast to the ban on hyphenating "st" (as in "Gel�-
> ste").
Would German lead type fonts have had a "c" by itself? I would think
that "ch" and "ck" would do the whole job, given that all stand-alone
"c"s are equivalent to "z"s.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan [email protected]
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
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