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To: tejek who wrote (237863)	6/18/2005 3:28:51 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572172

"Does it take the place of 'ss'?" Yes. The reason is historical, not all alphabets have the ß in their lexicon. Since it has the 'ss' sound, it is a good substitute. Sort of like using 'ue' instead of ü.

To: tejek who wrote (237863)	6/18/2005 5:57:19 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572172

Its a complicated case with rules, which due to the most recently introduced rules of spelling haven't become any easier. But recently the idea seems to be that when a double "ss" follows a deep/long wovel, it is written "ß". Like in Spaß (fun). Anyway, I believe it has some merit for you US guys to finally understand what that funny "ß", which you so often see in -"straße" really means. Before I learned German I always thought that was some kind of "B"... Taro