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bd1308
post May 6 2005, 12:42 AM
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Hey is the german "B Looking " symbol (es-set or something--my german teacher was not good at all) that substitutes the double s...is that gone or what? I heard they were phasing it out...and by they i mean the gov't.......? whats up here....i liked the es-set personally.
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post May 6 2005, 08:12 AM
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QUOTE (sechszylinder @ May 6 2005, 08:48 AM)
QUOTE (tat2dphreak @ May 6 2005, 05:37 AM)
there used to be another symbol for the ess-et... it looked a lot like 2 lightning bolts... it was phased out and the "B" looking character was introduced after WWII... if you know history, you can guess why... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

ouch, that hurts (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)

what you're refering to, was never a character of the german alphabet !! not even before WWII !!

many luftgekühlte Grüße aus Berlin


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I wasn't making a swipe at you... or germany, sorry... mainly a swipe at Alfie..

supposedly, during "that time" Hitler had the "B" (sorry, I don't know how to make the proper esset) looking symbol replaced with the 2 lightning bolts... mainly for "official" business... the typewriters for nazi germany even had the special keys replaced, removing the "B" as I recall... later germany, of course, cut all ties with that...

this is how my german prof in college explained it, but she wasn't a history prof, just German... if I am wrong, I'm very sorry

Greetings to you too, From Texas... sorry, my German is more rusty than my car... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

I got greetings, but I had to look up air-cooled... I knew it was air-something though, do I get partial credit (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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bd1308   Calling Germans   May 6 2005, 12:42 AM
sechszylinder   no way ... we love our special characters, especi...   May 6 2005, 01:55 AM
LouisCypher   after a short vowel, like in dass, you use -ss aft...   May 6 2005, 03:43 AM
bd1308   oh cool stuff!!!! http://www....   May 6 2005, 08:06 AM
Bleyseng   I wish someone would shoot your dancing Panda Bear...   May 6 2005, 08:11 AM
tat2dphreak   <...   May 6 2005, 08:13 AM
tat2dphreak     May 6 2005, 08:15 AM
bd1308   LOL yup. actually its a badger, from http://www.ba...   May 6 2005, 08:22 AM
tat2dphreak     May 6 2005, 08:24 AM
Bleyseng   still needs a bullseye painted on its chest! <...   May 6 2005, 08:24 AM
SirAndy     May 6 2005, 10:22 AM
Dr. Roger     May 6 2005, 10:49 AM
Cloudbuster     May 6 2005, 03:32 PM
mike_the_man     May 6 2005, 04:01 PM
Dr. Roger     May 6 2005, 04:55 PM
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