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How to type the German sharp S on an Asus Android tablet keyboard?

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brucine Posted messages 24861 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello

I'm looking for how to make a sharp S (ß) on my tablet because I don't have a PC.

Best regards

XxGenos77xX

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  2. Anonymous user
     
    Hello,
    Or by typing a capital B:
    Straßburg
    StraBburg
    as a workaround, if nothing else is found...
    Best regards,
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24861 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 172
       
      Hello,

      Oh no, we shouldn't exaggerate.

      However, although this usage generally results only from particular situations, it may be tolerated to replace eszett with ss:

      https://fr.bab.la/grammaire/allemand/eszett

      But the speaker did not tell us if either of the two tricks I mentioned worked, I haven't tested it myself.
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  3. Anonymous user
     
    @Brucine,
    Who is exaggerating? What do you mean?
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24861 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 172
       
      I don't think a German speaker would tolerate the spelling "B" instead of "ß," especially since, from a distance, the character may look similar, but phonetically, they are completely different.

      So, I tried what I mentioned by installing a German QWERTY Gboard (which isn't very useful for me since I originally have a multilingual Samsung keyboard).

      I didn't directly find the eszett on the keys, but you can easily access it through "hidden characters":
      long-press the "S" key.
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  4. Anonymous user
     
    I was merely pointing out a trick I saw being used with an Underwood typewriter, in a time that those under 50 can’t know...
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24861 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 172
       
      I am (clearly) over 50 years old, and in the 80s, there were no smartphones, but there were PCs running on DOS that printed (on dot matrix printers, which didn't look very nice) a large number of special characters.

      As for that one, although it has implications in chemistry (Beta), I don't remember, but we were indeed compelled to create formulas and equations with India ink...
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