Why do Germans write their capital B so weirdly? GroB

>>75147961
> GroB
means coffin here...

>>75147961
I think it's not a B, it's another letter they have in their alphabet.

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>>75148124
Yeah, coffin...

>>75147961
That's how they write 13

>>75148250
govnar'

>>75147961
the ß is pronounced like 'ss' and actually useless

It's not a b, it's an r

>>75147961
ß is basically "ss" but it indicates that the vowel in front of the ß is pronounced long rather than shortened.
>>75148332
Wrong.
Words would be pronounced wrongly if you use ss instead of ß.

Strasse != Straße
groß != gross

ss always shortens the vowel and these words are pronounced with a long vowel

>>75148365
it's a mixture of r and b really

>>75148398
>ss always shortens the vowel and these words are pronounced with a long vowel

we could abolish the ß and insert an 'h' to make the vowel longer

Strahsse
Grohss

looks retarded, but after a time we would get used to it

>>75148332
>>75148398
>try to bait
>Germans actually answer seriously and informitively
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT

>>75148332
MEIN SS!