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the word "Christian" as an adjective in other languages
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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 76128450" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>Be cautious of over simplifying. Capital Letters can be used for a range of practical, social and cultural reasons. (are German nouns still capitalised?). There is no reason to assume that the French or Swedish or English see capitalisation in the same way.</p><p></p><p>In 19th century English publications capitalisation was often used for emphasis on signage etc. I will occasionally used capitals as an ironic device introducing an inappropriate formality as a form of subtle humour. Look at modern headlines as an indication of the Range of Uses for Capitalisation.</p><p></p><p></p><p>My sense is while there may be some formal rules around capitalisation the real usage is informal and used for effect. I also suspect that non-European languages would see caps (where they exist) in a different cultural light.</p><p></p><p>OB</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case" target="_blank">Letter case - Wikipedia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 76128450, member: 313365"] Be cautious of over simplifying. Capital Letters can be used for a range of practical, social and cultural reasons. (are German nouns still capitalised?). There is no reason to assume that the French or Swedish or English see capitalisation in the same way. In 19th century English publications capitalisation was often used for emphasis on signage etc. I will occasionally used capitals as an ironic device introducing an inappropriate formality as a form of subtle humour. Look at modern headlines as an indication of the Range of Uses for Capitalisation. My sense is while there may be some formal rules around capitalisation the real usage is informal and used for effect. I also suspect that non-European languages would see caps (where they exist) in a different cultural light. OB [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case']Letter case - Wikipedia[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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