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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Jonathan Swift published a proposal to regulate English (22-2-1712)
Date: 5 Mar 2024 16:23:34 GMT
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Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>(A foreign language learner learning German also has to
>>memorize for every word whether an S sound at the end is
>>spelled "s" or "ss/ß". 
>A foreigner only has to know the spelling and pronounce accordingly,

  Yes, but when he knows the spelling he knows /a fortiori/ whether
  it ends in "s", "ss", or "ß".