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| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4511 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 5 01 August 2013 at 7:56am | IP Logged | |||||
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1/qid=1153999181/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-0750424-0903068?ie=UTF8&s= books">Langenscheidt Pocket
Grammar - German This is a re-print of this earlier Cassell's book: 0750424-0903068?ie=UTF8">Cassell's Contemporary German Does anyone own the Langenscheidt re-print? I was curious as to whether it is exactly the same or if it features the German orthography reforms that happened between the publication of the Cassell's original (May of 1993) and the Langenscheidt edition (1998). Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4511 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 5 16 August 2013 at 7:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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My Langenscheidt's Pocket Grammar for German arrived a few days ago. I have the French
version in the earlier Cassell's printing version. I have to say I find the Langenscheidt version much better. It is in that sturdy little yellow binding that is so well-known. It is also smaller and handier to use. I think the binding is much better on the Langenscheidt than the Cassell. If I ever wish to get this series for another language (I believe both are available for Spanish and Italian), I would get the Langenscheidt. As for my original question, I am not sure of the answer since I have never studied German. This is an excerpt from section 68 "The relationship between pronunciation and spelling" part (vi)
Can anyone who is either a native speaker, or who is more familiar with the language, tell me if that seems indicative of the "new" German spelling, or if it is clearly pre- reform spelling? If the latter, it would be greatly appreciated if you could update the above or replace it with some handy little tool that could be used as a reference for the future! Thanks! Edited by ericblair on 16 August 2013 at 7:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5253 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 5 16 August 2013 at 8:22am | IP Logged | |||||
In Austria they do use the ß. Edited by tractor on 16 August 2013 at 8:22am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5399 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 4 of 5 16 August 2013 at 10:34am | IP Logged | |||||
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Traditional spelling: der Kuß
New spelling: der Kuss It changed because the vowel is short. The booklet presents the traditional rules. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4511 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 5 of 5 16 August 2013 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the clarification! I still like the formatting of the book and it looks like
it will be a solid reference tool. I'll just need to find a short summary of the new spellings to learn along at the same time. The wikipedia article doesn't present it all in a very user friendly way, imo. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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