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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jul 2 13:28:00 2010, in response to Re: Florida Marlins Making A Buzz(Re: WORLD CUP Thread), posted by SMAZ on Sun Jun 20 01:35:11 2010. but they use that weird "B" looking letter instead of an "s"You mean the double-s? ( ß ) That's a ligature of the old lowercase "s" that looks a bit like "f" without the cross-stroke ( ſ ) and regular lowercase "s" (which used to be "terminal" s). And written longhand, the German word is fussball. A single "s" in German is most commonly pronounced like English "z". |
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