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Re: Capital ß [was Re: Case-insensitive string equality]

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Mon Sep 4 14:09:57 EDT 2017 
On 2017-09-04 03:28, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 01:48 pm, Stefan Ram wrote:
> 
>> Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:
>>>[1] I believe that the German government has now officially recognised the
>>>uppercase form of ß.
>> 
>>   [skip to the last paragraph for some "ß" content,
>>   unless you want to read details about German spelling rules.]
>> 
>>   The German language is as free as the English one. It does
>>   not come from a government.
> 
> Nevertheless, even in English there are de facto rules about what you can and
> cannot use as text for official purposes. In most countries, you cannot change
> your name to an unpronounceable "love symbol" as the late Artist Formally Known
> As Prince did. You can't fill in your tax using Alienese
> 
> http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Alienese
> 
> or even Vietnamese, Greek or Arabic.
> 
> In Australia, the Victorian state government Department of Births Deaths and
> Marriages doesn't even accept such unexceptional and minor variants as Zöe for
> Zoe. Of course you are free to call yourself Zöe when you sign your emails, but
> your birth certificate, passport and drivers licence will show it as Zoe.
> 
Of course they reject "Zöe": the correct spelling is "Zoë". :-)

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