Switching from dino to synth - lifter prob?

[Phil Payne]

> > Not to be picky, but my microfiche calls them "hydraulische
> > Tassenstoßel".
>
> And here I thought they were called cam followers...  How do you
> pronounce "ß"?

In what context?

Appearing in a word, it's pronounced like a "ss", and it's quite OK to write it that way if
you don't have a ß on your keyboard.  With your keyboard, you might write "Tassenstossel" and
a receiving German would be quite happy.

If your refer to the letter by its name, it's "ess-zed" - formed from the ligature of the long
"s" followed by a conjoined normal "s".  You can see that in the shape - the old f-like s
followed by a normal one.

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