[Does so]

...”rendered ufelefs” wasn’t pronounced as it’s spelled!

[SunkenCiv]

Yes it was, but only by George Washington and his damned dentures.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Long s The long, medial, or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s, which was formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word (e.g. "ſinfulneſs" "sinfulness"). The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, s.