AW: sharp s (Eszett)

[Martin Duerst]

At 19:28 08/03/12, Patrik F$BgM(Btstr$B‹N(B wrote:

>Do not compare the $B!,(B-issues with the $Bg
(Band $B‹(B Those are accented  
>characters in for example German, but not accented characters in the  
>Scandinavian languages. In for example Swedish, $Bg
(Bis a separate  
>character and not an accented a. Doing such a comparison just opens  
>(another) can of worms.

Patrick - This is not about whether these characters are "completely
separate" or not (e.g. as evident in differences in sorting order).
I assume that even the Nordic languages have some kind of fallback
rules or practices when some some characters outside the 'basic'
Latin alphabet are not available.

Regards,    Martin.


#-#-#  Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
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