mortified
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Post by mortified on Aug 18, 2017 9:16:12 GMT
Anyone ever been to Mißißippi?
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Post by gogs on Aug 18, 2017 9:39:51 GMT
No. But I did an aßeßment on it in school though. Seriously(ish) though. Is there a hard and fast rule for the use of ß? I assume it's used less now with the reduction in manual writing. BTW how far off topic are we?
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Post by mortified on Aug 18, 2017 10:03:08 GMT
So does ß form part of the German alphabet then? Does it have 27 letters? You can tell all's quiet on the Quo front.
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Post by mortified on Aug 18, 2017 12:43:04 GMT
Hmm, 30 then although 3 of them are simply letters with accents above them. Can you explain that pronunciation of the letter 'y'? The rest seem fairly straightforward. Kylie, give us a kiß
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Post by col on Aug 18, 2017 12:48:28 GMT
So does ß form part of the German alphabet then? Does it have 27 letters? You can tell all's quiet on the Quo front. The English language alphabet only lost the letters thorn (looked like a Y as in Ye Olde) and & (ampersand) over last 150 years or so.
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