German has a new letter

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German has a new letter

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Today, a new letter was officially introduced to the German orthography: , the capital counterpart of ß. So it is no longer GROSSSCHREIBUNG but GROẞSCHREIBUNG. (It has been part of Unicode, code point U+1E9E, since 2008, but unofficial in German orthography until today.)
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WeepingElf wrote:Today, a new letter was officially introduced to the German orthography: , the capital counterpart of ß. So it is no longer GROSSSCHREIBUNG but GROẞSCHREIBUNG. (It has been part of Unicode, code point U+1E9E, since 2008, but unofficial in German orthography until today.)
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What about qwertz keyboards...
(now in France an attempt of removal of the keyboard azerty is fomented ...)

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Perhaps a lingonews thread in the ephemera?

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Ok, that's it. I'm officially a cranky old curmudgeon now.

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