Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character?

• lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In this era full of bad German shit, I publicly thank you for your cool German facts.

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• davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Niiiiice thank you so much for pointing this out.

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• ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its actually a ligature with tailed z: ſʒ

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• brax@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kiss my schloß

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• EldenLord@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  STRAẞE

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• SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  and it is lower-case only

  More unsolicited German facts:

  ẞ, that is the upper-case version, does indeed exist and has been official since 2017.

  de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großes_ß

  That being said, it’s pretty uncommon, and mostly only typography nerd use it, but I just couldn’t let that slide.

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  • janNatan@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just found this out. Idk how I feel about this.

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• HatchetHaro@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i actually knew that; i’m learning german! besides, i had to long press the s key to get that ß.

  it’s funnier to use it as a B.

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• Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fß

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• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  German facts.

  The ß or “esset” (also known as “scharfes s” or “sharp s”) is actually the combination of the old long s (ſ) and a regular s.

  ſ + s = ſs = ß

  In German it usually goes back to a combo of ſ + z, aka “ess-zett”.

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  • janNatan@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I meant the character itself (the way it is drawn) is a combination of long s and regular s. But, you’re right.

    Also, the Wikipedia page says a capital ß is actually occasionally used. You learn something every day, I guess.

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    • Sheldan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Capital ß was introduced rather recently

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    • Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But the second part of the ß is a z. It’s a z written in cursive.

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      • janNatan@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Image

        It seems it has been done both ways? Source is screenshot of Wikipedia btw.

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  • Jumbie@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What the fuck. I hate math.

    /s

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• AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cool, thanks for the detail!

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