AW: idna-bis and Eszett

[Georg Ochsner]

Thu Dec 6 12:17:04 CET 2007, Martin Duerst wrote:

>>(7) It appears that the standard orthographic rules about
>>whether it is appropriate or desirable to replace Eszett with
>>"ss" vary among German-speaking countries,

>Yes indeed. Switzerland doesn't use eszett, because around the
>start of the last century, it didn't fit on typewriters at the
>same time as French accents.


Please keep in mind the size of German speaking populations: Germany 82.4
Mio, Austria 8.3 Mio, Switzerland 4.8 Mio. In Germany and Austria users
(will) find it unnatural indeed to resign the sharp s (Eszett, sz)!

Best regards
Georg