Re: [PLS] Same late editorial corrections - OFFICIAL REPLY

Baggia Paolo wrote:
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> with the VBWG's resolutions, whether you think there
> is need for further clarifications, or whether you
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> the resolutions implicitly accepted.

I'm fine with everything except one point:

> 4. In section "4.5 <grapheme> Element":
> 
>>>> Traditional vs Modern spellings e.g. for example in German it is
>>>> common to replace "ö" with "oe".
> 
> Thanks for the clarification about German spellings, we propose
> the resolution to change the above text into.
> 
> [[
> Traditional vs Modern spellings e.g. for example in German it is
> common to replace " ß" with "ss".
> ]]

Sorry, but this is still not right. Replacing ß with ss occurs in the same situation as replacing ö with oe (i.e. if you don't have the characters on your keyboard for example), so there's no difference really in your resolution. It is however true that after the spelling reform for German some spellings which had ß before are now to be written with ss, to make things more consistent. But I wouldn't say that it is more "common" to do it now or that one spelling is traditional and the other modern. Let me suggest a rephrasing:

Reformed spellings, e.g. in German some of the words which used to have "ß" before are now to be written with "ss".

Thanks,
Simon Reinhardt

Received on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 13:43:25 UTC