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Das weisse Band or Das weiße Band
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorStaid S Barr
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I don't think the program has a problem with ß, except maybe with regard to sorting. And that can be solved locally (as for the Umlauts) in the Sort Title.
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The FACT is that the program cannot recognize ß, so we have jerry rig it. Iwould be very happy to enter it as ß, but I can't and nobody else can either.

That is plain wrong. Where did you get that? You haven't tried it yourself, that's for sure...

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I don't think the program has a problem with ß, except maybe with regard to sorting. And that can be solved locally (as for the Umlauts) in the Sort Title.

It sorts perfectly fine: r - s - ss - ß - t - ...
 
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantMuckl
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"Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten,
Daß ich so traurig bin"


"Deine Nücken, deine Tücken,
Hab ich freylich still ertragen
Andre Leut' an meinem Platze
Hätten längst dich todt geschlagen."


 
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorStaid S Barr
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I don't think the program has a problem with ß, except maybe with regard to sorting. And that can be solved locally (as for the Umlauts) in the Sort Title.

It sorts perfectly fine: r - s - ss - ß - t - ...

I hadn't tried that. For sorting of the Umlaute, I use 'ae', 'oe' and 'ue' in the Sort Title. Doesn't that make sense either? I wouldn't want them all at the end of the list, which definitely happens with some of the Czech characters symbols.
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I don't think the program has a problem with ß, except maybe with regard to sorting. And that can be solved locally (as for the Umlauts) in the Sort Title.

It sorts perfectly fine: r - s - ss - ß - t - ...

I hadn't tried that. For sorting of the Umlaute, I use 'ae', 'oe' and 'ue' in the Sort Title. Doesn't that make sense either? I wouldn't want them all at the end of the list, which definitely happens with some of the Czech characters symbols.

Correct sorting would depend on the locality in which you are living. There are different sorting rules for almost every country.
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Correct sorting would depend on the locality in which you are living. There are different sorting rules for almost every country.


The problem with that is if you have many foreign titles in your list, they can't all be sorted correctly according to their own languages. Not without using the private sort field. Since the Windows locality setting can only deal with one language at a time, it will assume that all your titles are in the same language and sort them according to the same rules. Which might not make sense for all titles.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMithi
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When I was learning German many years back, I was told that it was being phased out.

On the contrary, since March 2008 Unicode has a capital Version of the sharp s (Link) so in 10 to 20 years the problem is solved ... 

And as long as the 'u' in Fuß (Foot) and Kuss (kiss) is spoken different that should be reflected by the spelling. The poor Swiss no longer can distinguish between the "Masse" (mass) and the "Maße" (measurements) of a woman! 


cya, Mithi

PS And of course the "Das weiße Band" is the only possible title and original title.
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<-- Curious:

What do you call the ß character in German?
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"Scharfes S" (= sharp S) or "SZ" (spoken: EssZett).
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"Scharfes S" (= sharp S) or "SZ" (spoken: EssZett).

Thanks, schaumi.
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The poor Swiss no longer can distinguish between the "Masse" (mass) and the "Maße" (measurements) of a woman! 

That no longer is since 1906. And don't forget Liechtenstein. I haven't heard any complains from Swiss people about that confusion yet. But the reason may be that in Swiss German there are different words for those (Maas = Masse = measurement; Masse = Masse = mass)
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"Scharfes S" (= sharp S) or "SZ" (spoken: EssZett).

I would call it funny looking beta. But then I live in one of those countries which do officially not write that character in their official German language.
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<-- Curious:

What do you call the ß character in German?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F
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<-- Curious:

What do you call the ß character in German?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F

Very helpful; thanks!
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