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Unread 11-29-2009, 10:29 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Ron Wood View Post
Andy,
The "s" in the middle of the "Russland" is a "double s", and is correct.
The lettering of the word "Russland" is correct.
But:
There was not a double-"s" in the word "Russland" except nowadays, it should be a "scharfes S", or called "sz" on old items and books.
The "scharfes S" (hot s), also called the "sz", it is a combination of a "s" and a "z". Like in Fuss (foot), Fass (barrel), Kuss (kiss), Schuss (shot), Hass (hatred).
I can't type the correct "sz", because I have an American keyboard.
A few years ago they changed the German language. (About 2001?)
Nowadays they write Russland, Kuss, Fass, Schuss, Hass with double-s "ss", they would not do this in the past, only if they could not use the correct lettering.
You can see the combination of a "s" and a "z" in the word "Entschliessung" (sorry, I have to use the double-SS because of my keyboard)
They changed a lot of words to the use of double-s "ss", but not all. (Greetings) Gruesse, (Feet) Fuesse, (Street) Strasse, must be still written with the "schafes-s" or called "sz".

But there was /is a different between the German-laguage in Germany and Austria and the German-language in Switzerland. As far I know, the Swiss-German-language does not use the "scharfes-s" or called "sz".

But the misspelling of the "s" in the middle of a word is a wide spread mistake by producer of faked German militaria.
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