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Die Mass vs Das Maß
Posted by Nick B. on 2016-09-30 00:34:13
Jawohl, Jim, it's very, very subtle. I can imagine it in my head (the difference), especially when I imagine someone saying "eine Maß vom Fass". Even though "die Mass" is supposed to be a shorter 'a' as Gunnar says, I think people do "mis"-pronounce it with a longer one. Or it's a Franconian thing.

It doesn't really matter though, there's so much more important to worry about with the language. I agree with Gunnar, just type 'ss', just as with 'ae' when you don't have an 'ä' conveniently at hand. Replacing 'ä' with 'a' is a true, jarring spelling error, whereas 'ß' with 'ss' isn't.
 
Followups:
                                         Die Mass vs Das Maß by Gunnar H on  2016-09-30 02:39:23
                                         Die Mass vs Das Maß by Uncle Jimbo on  2016-09-30 03:15:35
                                           Die Mass vs Das Maß by Jürgen Wening on  2016-09-30 03:26:57
                                             Die Mass vs Das Maß by Nick B. on  2016-10-01 01:27:01