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minus-squarez500linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 months agoThe f-like letter is the form they used inside of a word, and it’s actually called long s: ſ. Short s was used at the end of a word and after a long s.
minus-squareSSFC KDT 💚💙⚽🌹💻🍺✌@mastodon.cloudlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoa long s can be transliterated to “ss”, so an s before a long s would be “sss”
The f-like letter is the form they used inside of a word, and it’s actually called long s: ſ. Short s was used at the end of a word and after a long s.
a long s can be transliterated to “ss”, so an s before a long s would be “sss”