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Guinness ads for 1936 Germany

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    gobnaitolunacy
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    Interesting how they changed the last two S's in 'Guinness' into the German character ß

    When travelling through SE Asia, saw a few very old Guinness signs with Chinese characters. Apparently a lot of the locals in the Chinatown areas liked it for medicinal properties...Guinness is good for you!


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    Iwannahurl
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    Ve haf vays of makink you drink porther.


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    Dr Strange
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    Lots of Germans like Guinness. Yes, it's funny how they used the German "sz" i.e. ß


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    gobnaitolunacy
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    I think they used use that character for nouns and proper names containing a double 'S' once, but was dropped a number of years ago.


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    Dr Strange
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    Yes, we called it "scharfes S" or "esszett" i.e. "sz".


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