A letter that is not BSourced
Germany · English meaning
Eszett also acquired an official capital option
German ß is a distinct letter, not a form of B. It was traditionally capitalized as SS. In 2017, the Council for German Orthography officially accepted capital ẞ as an option. The history of a letter can include a debate about its upper-case form.
A similar outline does not make two letters identical.
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