Talk:daß

From RFC
Part of speech? --Connel MacKenzie T C 21:30, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, is "old spelling of dass: no longer correct" correct? An embarassing admission that I have hardly used German in the 35 years since I learned it, but I didn't realise ß was no longer acceptable as an alternative to ss. --Enginear 23:38, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


 * German had a spelling reforms in about 1996 if memory serves, maybe a bit later. They've had previous ones too. ß is still acceptable in certain words and not in others, ss is always an acceptable alternative. In Switzerland, s is always used and ß is never used. This is from earlier. Interestingly, certain publishers in Germany are not following the reform or followed it for a time and changed their mind. Switzerland fully embraced the reforms without a murmur. I can't remember what Austria's reaction was. &mdash; Hippietrail 23:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Intereseting. Enginear 03:18, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * One more thing, "ß" is lower-case. The uppercase form is always and only "SS". Most computer software does not handle this when doing case conversion because it assume the transformed string will always be the same length as the original string. In fact Wiktionary won't handle it either! &mdash; Hippietrail 03:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * German reforms were in '98. Moreover, Germany (I don't know about Switzerland or Austria) has another upcoming reform. Read here. They still can't beat Dutch, though. In my entire short life, I've had to learn a dozen times how to write October correctly; that is, either "Oktober" or "October". I can't even figure out which form is correct now. — Vildricianus 12:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The word daß is a conjunction. The spelling reform is still very controversial and very confusing for most Germans. Some publications and organizations have officially adopted the reforms, while others have refused. I have the impression that dass is now more commonly written in Germany than daß, but I wouldn’t say that daß is incorrect or unacceptable by any means. —Stephen 11:16, 7 June 2006 (UTC)