• CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s a stylistic thing, it’s no different from a standard S. The opening of the US Bill of Rights is written the same way

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      8 months ago

      The opening of the US Bill of Rights is written the same way

      Congreſs of the united states

      bloody hell. So… back in the day was the rule to use ſs instead of ss ? I always assumed ſ was just eszett/ß