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  1. TIL there is an upper case German "sharp s"! 😲

    "The ability to substitute ss or SS for the lower and upper case “sharp s” is captured in the Unicode full case folding data"

    rosie-lang.org/blog/2023-08-15…
    /via circumstances.run/@hipsterelec… @hipsterelectron

    "The ß is used only in German and never at the start of German words. The uppercase ß (ẞ) exists only for typesetting, such as in a dictionary."

    simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%…

    #german #eszett #SharfesS #SharpS