Capital Sharp S "ß" now part of the official German orthography

[Niklasgunner]

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;52430826]are there any words that actually start with a sharp s?[/QUOTE]

It's intended for stuff in allcaps not to look ugly when it has an ß in it.

[SuperPlamz]

[QUOTE=Bradyns;52431015]Is there a German word for sizzle.. Like 'Sausage Sizzle'[/QUOTE]

ßaußage ßizzle

[Thelurker1234]

gj op for the thread icon

[CarnolfMeatla]

And today on things that Germany doesn't need...

[FellowChive]

[U][B][I]SCHEIßE, JA![/I][/B][/U]

[Mitsuma]

[QUOTE=JackDestiny;52431508][U][B][I]SCHEIßE, JA![/I][/B][/U][/QUOTE]

Its "[B][U][I]SCHEIẞE JA![/I][/U][/B]", all capital.

[Gook Nukem]

and here i was, thinking it was standard this way

so habe ich es gelernt v:v:v

[StoneRabbit]

I learnt about ß and how to pronounce it thanks to GTA IV and its fictional beer brand.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/KmwUHTl.png[/img]

[Robber]

[QUOTE=Mitsuma;52429486]Now where the hell do they want to put that on our keyboard?
Lower case ß is currently right of 0, shift+ß is ?, so they can't put it there without moving ?.

"Eszett" is also a word for it. Pretty sure most Germans call it that anyways, personally I dont know anybody who uses "scharfes S" (sharp S).[/QUOTE]
I've never heard anyone call it Eszett, only scharfes S. I'm from Austria though.

[r0b0tsquid]

[QUOTE=Zelpa;52430466]The 1996 German orthography reform was a mistake, it changed words like Kongreßstraße into Kongressstraße. I'm all for capital ẞ and bringing back more ß in general.[/QUOTE]

Essstörung has far too many s es for the length of the word. Bring it back!

Side note: what is the plural of "s" in English

[karbine]

Oh germany and your SS

[sp]I kid[/sp]

[Curls]

[QUOTE=pentium;52430290][U]ßETAMAX[/U][/QUOTE]

Setamax?

[Riller]

[QUOTE=J!NX;52432342]Setamax?[/QUOTE]

ssetamax, actually.

[RockSushi]

[QUOTE=StoneRabbit;52431783]I learnt about ß and how to pronounce it thanks to GTA IV and its fictional beer brand.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/KmwUHTl.png[/img][/QUOTE]

Bwahahaha, that is genius.

[Tamschi]

[QUOTE=StoneRabbit;52431783]I learnt about ß and how to pronounce it thanks to GTA IV and its fictional beer brand.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/KmwUHTl.png[/img][/QUOTE]

Best part (just in case someone isn't aware of this):
[sp]That's legitimate German slang for extremely thin and/or disgusting beverages, usually beer. It's (now?) written with "ss" though.[/sp]