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StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How does one say ß?

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s just pronounced like "ss’ double S sound.

    Eg. Groß - pronounced “grohss” - meaning: large/big

    Or Fußball - “fooss-ball”

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s called an Eszett if you want to look it up. Also of possible interest: Eth, Aesc, Wynn, and Thorn. Oh, and long S.

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    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We need more of these. We need one for “ation” and ‘ing’. Maybe one for ‘con’. Back when I learned shorthand, the ‘con’ symbol was seriously the most useful with ‘ation’ the next runner up. The zeugma just doesn’t work nowadays for ‘ng’. No I don’t know the shorthand for ‘dinosaur’.

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      • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Technically a different thing. ‘Defunct’ single letter forms rather than abbreviation marks. Those are a whole bucket of mackerel that does my head in any time I need to attempt reading them. Never tried shorthand

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      • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        TIL the word zeugma, thank you 👌

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