German sharp S uppercase mapping

[Ivan Panchenko]

To expand on that point: I understand how one might get the impression
of a preferred form from the wording “neben […] auch […] möglich”, but
one reason to write it that way is that the capital letter is already
listed among the letters, so no additional, special notice is required
about it. The rule is then there to make clear that the form “SS” is
also allowed, which does not mean that it is considered as secondary.
Likewise, some people may get the impression that “Geografie” is
preferred over “Geographie” because of the order (“Geografie,
Geographie”), but these spellings are actually just listed
alphabetically.

Am Di., 26. Nov. 2024 um 11:57 Uhr schrieb Ivan Panchenko <ivanpan3 at gmail.com>:
>
> While I also like the capital eszett, the cited rule does not really
> designate any form as preferred or secondary. Indeed, I think that the
> Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung generally refrains from making
> recommendations among allowed alternative spellings (one exception is
> the recommendation to avoid misleading hyphenations such as
> “Sprecher-ziehung”) so that they can observe which spellings gain
> traction. Quote (Merkur.de, 2009): “Der Rat für deutsche
> Rechtschreibung hat die neue Duden-Ausgabe kritisiert: "Es ist nicht
> Intention des Rates, dass vom Rat beschlossene Varianten in den
> allgemeinen Wörterbüchern durch Empfehlungen nur einer Variante
> eingeschränkt werden", sagte der Ratsvorsitzende Hans Zehetmair nach
> einer Sitzung des Gremiums in München.”