Why Capital Letters are Necessary

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09 Dec 2010, 10:03 am

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Capital letters are necessary, because I like to know where each sentence begins and ends, and things that have names and titles should be capitalized.

Sure, and punctuation is most-crucial there.

I have heard the "original manuscripts" for Scripture (aka "The Bible") are continuous strings of characters such as this:

quotecockneyrebelcapitallettersarenecessarybecauseiliketoknowwhereeachsentencebeginsandends
andthingsthathavenamesandtitlesshouldbecapitalized
sureandpunctuationismostcrucialthere
ihaveheardtheoriginalmanuscriptsforscriptureakathebiblearecontinuous
stringsofcharacterssuchasthis

Can you imagine trying to read that?!


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09 Dec 2010, 10:05 am

leejosepho wrote:
No original thought of his own, eh?!


yep,

"keep his mouth shut and do what he's supposed to do. "



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09 Dec 2010, 10:07 am

leejosepho wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
Capital letters are necessary, because I like to know where each sentence begins and ends, and things that have names and titles should be capitalized.

Sure, and punctuation is most-crucial there.

I have heard the "original manuscripts" for Scripture (aka "The Bible") are continuous strings of characters such as this:

quotecockneyrebelcapitallettersarenecessarybecauseiliketoknowwhereeachsentencebeginsandends
andthingsthathavenamesandtitlesshouldbecapitalized
sureandpunctuationismostcrucialthere
ihaveheardtheoriginalmanuscriptsforscriptureakathebiblearecontinuous
stringsofcharacterssuchasthis

Can you imagine trying to read that?!


th bbl hs n vwls ethr f ts n hbrw



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09 Dec 2010, 10:12 am

leejosepho wrote:
Valoyossa wrote:
We have something like this in Polish.

Twoja stara piła leży w piwnicy --> Your old saw lies in the cellar.
Twoja stara piła, leży w piwnicy --> Your mom is drunk, she's lying in the cellar.

Punctuation does really matter!

I am quite surprised a simple comma could make that much difference in determining/distinguishing two equally-sensible statements!


It's because of double meanings.

twoja = your, feminine
stara = old, feminine
twoja stara = literally your old, pejorative your mom. There are many stupid jokes about twoja stara.
piła = noun saw, verb drink in simple past, feminine (yeah, Polish verbs have genders)
leży = lay, third person
w = in
piwnicy = cellar, locative case


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09 Dec 2010, 10:19 am

song lyrics are good too.

I hurt myself today, to see if I could feel, I focus on the pain, the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting
I try to give it all away, but I remember everything.

vs

"I" hurt my self today, to see if "I" could feel,
"I" focus on the pain, the only thing that's real
the need-all tears a whole, the old familiar sting
"I" try to give it all away, but "I" remember everything.



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09 Dec 2010, 10:25 am

with Hebrew I believe that the letters are also numbers (so you can do math with words, aka numerology) and their are no vowels either.

which is why there's stuff about how to pronounce things.



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09 Dec 2010, 10:32 am

"he introduced himself and said he was randy" might be another one.

capitals help to clarify meanings, but i do not need to clarify my meaning because i am always sure that i use language in a way that is incontrovertible.

capitals are not necessary for my speech, but syntax and context is necessary

i would never say things like:

"i saw a pig in my pyjama's"

or "if you give me a ring tomorrow i will tell you".

or "sex workers have appealed to the pope"

or "somewhere on earth a motorcyclist has an accident every 4 minutes"

or "every 30 seconds someone falls down the stairs".

or "they are hunting dogs"

or "he saw her duck" etc.



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09 Dec 2010, 10:37 am

I once heard a singing entertainer do a "talk backwards" routine, and it was really interesting to note how understandable many things still were. However, "I love you" sent a much different message: "You evil eye!"


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09 Dec 2010, 10:48 am

leejosepho wrote:
I once heard a singing entertainer do a "talk backwards" routine, and it was really interesting to note how understandable many things still were. However, "I love you" sent a much different message: "You evil eye!"



well you could put that in the context of my earlier post


"I", love you, you evil "I"



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09 Dec 2010, 10:53 am

it's almost getting to really bad joke stage.

you know the thing about 8 year olds,
the bones are still soft, but I don't know how anyone couldn't manage to eat a whole one.

or a man walks into a pub with a bird on his shoulder and orders a pint, and the bar tender says, and one for your bird.
He replies, no she's a minor bird.



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09 Dec 2010, 10:57 am

or fox xmas.
presently I present you with a present that represents my present understanding of your present desires.



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09 Dec 2010, 11:53 am

oliverthered wrote:
it's almost getting to really bad joke stage.

you know the thing about 8 year olds,
the bones are still soft, but I don't know how anyone couldn't manage to eat a whole one.


i am supposed to be asleep but...you seem drunk to me. your joke is not sentient.

all the stuff i read from you tonight seems insensible.



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09 Dec 2010, 12:01 pm

b9 wrote:
oliverthered wrote:
it's almost getting to really bad joke stage.

you know the thing about 8 year olds,
the bones are still soft, but I don't know how anyone couldn't manage to eat a whole one.


i am supposed to be asleep but...you seem drunk to me. your joke is not sentient.

all the stuff i read from you tonight seems insensible.


really bad joke

you know the thing about ate year olds,


do you mean you feel incensed? of that it doesn't make sense?



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09 Dec 2010, 12:19 pm

as a friend says:
"I often find that the most intelligent people I know are the ones who are also best at coming up with ludicrous but arguably acceptable reasons for why they haven't done that."

apparently ludicrous
but arguably acceptable



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09 Dec 2010, 1:51 pm

I want to go to London to meet the Queen.

i want to go to london to meet the queen.


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09 Dec 2010, 2:01 pm

you understand

YOU UNDERSTAND