Re: [OT] Typo, someone was asking?
Re: [OT] Typo, someone was asking?
- Subject: Re: [OT] Typo, someone was asking?
- From: Mark Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:00:06 +0200
Sander Tekelenburg wrote:
>To the best of my knowledge it is called a "Ringel S" (describing its
>shape).
Could be. I'm no historian of Geramn
>Some time during the 20th century it got replaced (possibly due to
>typewriters?) more and more often by both "ss" (sharp s) and "sz"
>(Eszett), which I assume explains that phoneticism "esset" which I'd never
>heard of.
I've never heard of "esset" either, the current pronunctiation here in
Germany (in my experience) is ALWAYS eszett (or "ess zed" with English
phonetics). (A German "d" can sometimes be light enough to sound like a "t"
and native German speakers can make a faster smoother transition from an
"s" to a "z" than a typical English speaker, so it may be that it merely
sounded like "esset".
>My impression is that "sz" is probably closer to how a Ringel S was
>pronounced than "ss" - although the right pronouciation may actually have
>differed per word
indeed, and, to some extent the "new German" (Neuerechtschreibung) makes
(or tries to make) some accomodations in this respect.
>not to mention regions :)
right
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