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Re: address@hidden: Locale Dependent Downcasing in smtpmail]
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: address@hidden: Locale Dependent Downcasing in smtpmail] |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:01:43 +0200 (CEST) |
> > The `Maße' vs. `Masse' issue is very special.
>
> Is it? Isn't it true that ß should match SS, but not ss, as a
> general rule in German?
In theory, yes, but it is complicated by a number of facts.
. In Switzerland, people no longer use `ß'. Everything is written
with `ss' (both uppercase and lowercase).
. In official documents, `ß' is used even in uppercased situations.
Assume a passport, and the name of the person is `Dreßen'. Then
the uppercased version written in the passport is `DREßEN'. This
is the only allowed usage of `ß' with uppercase letters, AFAIK.
However...
. Many people think that, say, `STRAßE' is the right way to write to
write `Straße' uppercased. Perhaps the problem is also related to
simplistic computer programs which aren't able to uppercase `ß'
correctly and leave it as-is.
. To avoid ambiguities, it was common usage to uppercase `ß' as
`SZ': STRASZE, PREUSZEN. However, this is oldfashioned today.
There is a quite long `article of excellency' in the German Wikipedia
which covers all aspects: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F.
Werner
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