Comment Re:Ummmm (Score 1) 508
A simple example of a language that did that is German. They had a 27th character called the es-zett which looks like a beta. It was used for a dual s. It has been deprecated, and now you just use two s characters instead.
Um, bullshit?
The uses of the es-zet were straightened out a bit with tha latest "reform", but it is still alive and kicking. Groß, Maß, Fußball,
There is even a new capital ß that was introduced by the german version of ISO (DIN). Not in wide use, but it is official.
