14-01-2026, 02:59 AM
(14-01-2026, 01:44 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.What about German? For (a) there is the "ch" ambiguity. Is "ss"/"ß" a problem for (b)?
There are certainly ambiguities, and they depend on the local variety / dialect.
And then in Switzerland everything is different. (No ß for example).
While German uses "au" for the sound in "How now brown cow", Dutch uses any of "ou", "ouw" or "auw".
"Kou", "kouw" and "kauw" all exist, sound the same, and mean something different.
German "kau" means the same as Dutch "kouw".
But we have gone way OT by now....