The Mystery of the Old "S" Explained
What on earth is going on with those letters? The s looks like an f !It sure does. I hope you never need those last couple of sentences. Old
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Stefan Israel
- Mar 14, 2018
- 4 min
the FEMININE of FAMILY NAMES
The history behind some of those last names - many had a feminine meaning. In some languages, the end of names still changes!
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Stefan Israel
- Nov 15, 2017
- 2 min
The Curious History of the German 'Doubled S' - ß
Ä, Ö and Ü are simple variations of familiar letters, but the ​​fourth letter that German has that we don’t is the real kicker:  ß Eszett
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Stefan Israel
- Sep 26, 2017
- 2 min
Why'd Germans have a different alphabet way back when?
Explanation on why old German writing was different than today's writing.
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