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Ragtime wrote:
Who's stereotyping now? I only noticed the capitalization because I'm a Christian? Hitting the shift key is almost never a typo. NOT hitting the shift key can be a typo. If you hit it, there's a reason. Don't patronize me as "one of those Christians who notices capitalization". Please. 
I never fit in when I was young because I studied German and then crossed my 7s and made nouns uppercase whenever I wrote, or semi-randomly. It made obvious sense to me but drove people who read my stuff mad -especially the grammar nazis. I also use parenthesis and brackets to organize my thoughts in ways that should be obvious, but only a few programmers seem to get it.
I also have noticed that some Christians seem to be sensitive to capitalization. They are the people who don't like me spelling Christmas as Christmass or Christsmass.
And there was that time when I woke up and was listening to acorns falling on the roof. Asked myself why they are called acorns instead of oak nuts. Wasn't until I studied Old Norse that I learned that eik korn means oak nut, and that it was transmogrified to acorn on a phonetic basis.
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06 Sep 2007, 10:12 pm
monty wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
Who's stereotyping now? I only noticed the capitalization because I'm a Christian? Hitting the shift key is almost never a typo. NOT hitting the shift key can be a typo. If you hit it, there's a reason. Don't patronize me as "one of those Christians who notices capitalization". Please.
I never fit in when I was young because I studied German and then crossed my 7s and made nouns uppercase whenever I wrote, or semi-randomly. It made obvious sense to me but drove people who read my stuff mad -especially the grammar nazis. I also use parenthesis and brackets to organize my thoughts in ways that should be obvious, but only a few programmers seem to get it.
I also have noticed that some Christians seem to be sensitive to capitalization. They are the people who don't like me spelling Christmas as Christmass or Christsmass.
And there was that time when I woke up and was listening to acorns falling on the roof. Asked myself why they are called acorns instead of oak nuts. Wasn't until I studied Old Norse that I learned that eik korn means oak nut, and that it was transmogrified to acorn on a phonetic basis.
I love finding out the roots of words... well maybe not love..., but I find it interesting. I just recently heard about the origin of the word "lullaby" which means "Lilith be ye gone" referring to the legend of Adam's evil first wife in the Garden of Eden. She is not in the Bible, but was invented to try and make the two creation myths of Genesis compatible. People thought SIDS was caused by Lilith and sang to their babies to ward her off.
06 Sep 2007, 11:10 pm
monty wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
Who's stereotyping now? I only noticed the capitalization because I'm a Christian? Hitting the shift key is almost never a typo. NOT hitting the shift key can be a typo. If you hit it, there's a reason. Don't patronize me as "one of those Christians who notices capitalization". Please.
I never fit in when I was young because I studied German and then crossed my 7s and made nouns uppercase whenever I wrote, or semi-randomly. It made obvious sense to me but drove people who read my stuff mad -especially the grammar nazis. I also use parenthesis and brackets to organize my thoughts in ways that should be obvious, but only a few programmers seem to get it.
I also have noticed that some Christians seem to be sensitive to capitalization. They are the people who don't like me spelling Christmas as Christmass or Christsmass.
I see what you mean, there are a few people who are christians that feel somehow upset because a few failed to use the capital "G" to refer to God, like the word god with a lowercase g sounded offending to them, now I wonder how a person with some form of dyslexia could have a problem with writing capitals properly, if that's the case, then I wonder how a kid with such problem would be treated within a fundamentalist religious environment, just wondering.
06 Sep 2007, 11:17 pm
greenblue wrote:
I see what you mean, there are a few people who are christians that feel somehow upset because a few failed to use the capital "G" to refer to God, like the word god with a lowercase g sounded offending to them, now I wonder how a person with some form of dyslexia could have a problem with writing capitals properly, if that's the case, then I wonder how a kid with such problem would be treated within a fundamentalist religious environment, just wondering.
Proper nouns, and thus capitalization, should only be done for things that exist. If the person typing does not believe in said deity or belief, they are under no obligation to capitalize it. The offended are just projecting their beliefs onto others as usual. Instead of respecting the beliefs of the others who do not agree with them. Same old, same old.
07 Sep 2007, 10:43 am
Trigger11 wrote:
greenblue wrote:
I see what you mean, there are a few people who are christians that feel somehow upset because a few failed to use the capital "G" to refer to God, like the word god with a lowercase g sounded offending to them, now I wonder how a person with some form of dyslexia could have a problem with writing capitals properly, if that's the case, then I wonder how a kid with such problem would be treated within a fundamentalist religious environment, just wondering.
Proper nouns, and thus capitalization, should only be done for things that exist. If the person typing does not believe in said deity or belief, they are under no obligation to capitalize it. The offended are just projecting their beliefs onto others as usual. Instead of respecting the beliefs of the others who do not agree with them. Same old, same old.
If the word "God" is being used in a sentence as a name, whether or not you believe God exists, it should be capitalized grammatically. Not capitalizing the word when used as a name is usually done to emphasize disbelief because it is improper grammar and therefore eye catching. However, if the word "God" is capitalized because it is used as a name in a sentence that does not automatically imply belief, just proper grammar. The same is done with words where the grammatically correct capitalization is not as ambiguous, Bible, Koran, Mormon, Islam, Christian, Hindu, and Jesus. It has become such common practice to capitalize based on belief or respect that to not capitalize has become grammatically acceptable. I try to understand what someone is trying to say with their capitalization but also try not to read into it too much since the acceptable capitalization of these words is becoming more and more ambiguous.
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