The "art" of capitalization

Sunnyisland

In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who send text messages and emails have long forgotten the "art" of capitalization.

Those of you who fall into this world, please take note of the statement below. I cannot stress enough how grammar is very important to it.

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Is everybody clear on that?

Thank you

Duggy747

oK

Korvanica

CamelCaseIsTheBestFormOfCapitalisation

Mr E

tHis tHread iS pOintless.

jester77

realies wrote: »

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Looks like you might have a case

Biggins

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....................

Superbus

For Me, This Is One Of The Most Annoying Things I Have Encountered On The Internet.

whiskeyman

realies wrote: »

helping your uncle jack off a horse.

You'd probably face capital punishment for that in some states...

DaveDaRave

realies wrote: »

In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who send text messages and emails have long forgotten the "art" of capitalization.

Those of you who fall into this world, please take note of the statement below. I cannot stress enough how grammar is very important to it.

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Is everybody clear on that?

Thank you

I Have Helped My Uncle Jack Off A Horse

My Uncles Name Is Steven

Sinfonia

It's 'capitalisation', Yankee.

ball

It's hardly an "art" now, in fairness.

whiskeyman

realies wrote:

Is everybody clear on that?

Your name isn't spelt with a captial R.

FAIL

Sunnyisland

whiskeyman wrote: »

Your name isn't spelt with a captial R.

FAIL

:o:o

Mr McBoatface

Personally I prefer capitalisation over capitalization.

ball

OP, you just thanking everyone that's posting here?

Sunnyisland

Why not ? Its nice to be tanked.

Liam Byrne

realies wrote: »

Why not ? Its nice to be tanked.

So you're admitting that you've had some alcohol ?

First you misspelt "capitalisation", and now "thanked" ?

Why does your fixation not extend to spelling ?

theboss80

realies wrote: »

Why not ? Its nice to be tanked.

True but also nice to be Thanked

Cookie_Monster

realies wrote: »

I cannot stress enough how grammar & spelling is very important to it.

Capitalization

Capitalisation...

Sunnyisland

Liam Byrne wrote: »

So you're admitting that you've had some alcohol ?

First you misspelt "capitalisation", and now "thanked" ?

Why does your fixation not extend to spelling ?

Alcohol ....never

misspelt...sorry

Fixation...dont know

Sunnyisland

theboss80 wrote: »

Real eyes realize real lies

Liam Byrne

realies wrote: »

No sign of the quoted post, but again : the word is "realise".

This Yankee spelling crap is even worse than any mis-capitalisation.

Resist, people, before the unwashed take over with their "color" and "favor"!!!

Mint Sauce

This will end well....

Serious post.

I agree to some extent, txting has affected how people communicate and that lack of spelling and correct grammar has crept over to other use, ie handwriting and typing.

But it is a very informal use of communication, and I'm certainly not going to proof read any txt before sending it. As long as it's legable, for both txts I send and receive the odd mistake doesn't bother me.

I'll save my proof reading for formal use.

Liam Byrne

irish-stew wrote: »

This will end well....

Serious post.

I agree to some extent, txting.....

It's called "texting", and since boards forbids the horrible "txtspk" I am tempted to report your post!

Mint Sauce

Liam Byrne wrote: »

It's called "texting", and since boards forbids the horrible "txtspk" I am tempted to report your post!

You knew what I meant.

Sunnyisland

Liam Byrne wrote: »

No sign of the quoted post, but again : the word is "realise".

This Yankee spelling crap is even worse than any mis-capitalisation.

Resist, people, before the unwashed take over with their "color" and "favor"!!!

No its real lies have to go see you later Liam Byrne .

Rented Mule

whiskeyman wrote: »

You'd probably face capital punishment for that in some states...

...and fit in quite well in many counties.

Liam Byrne

realies wrote: »

Alcohol ....never

Well you did say it was nice to be "tanked"

Pherekydes

Liam Byrne wrote: »

This Yankee spelling crap is even worse than any mis-capitalisation.

Not Yankee!

When will people realise this? It's known as Oxford spelling.

craggles

Proper grammar everywhere expect WLM, Skype, Facebook chat etc

Zebra3

realies wrote: »

Thank you

Don't forget about the "art" of punctuation.

ball

Zebra3 wrote: »

Don't forget about the "art" of punctuation.

A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons. 'Why?' asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
'Well, I'm a panda,' he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. 'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'

Liam Byrne

Pherekydes wrote: »

Not Yankee!

When will people realise this? It's known as Oxford spelling.

If you look at the section halfway down the page, you'll see

en-GB : ise
en-US : ize

That's accurate enough for my book. The Yanks use the "ze", whereas the English use both (to some extent), therefore it's an accurate colloquialism to distinguish between them.

In addition, there is no "yze" in British/European English WHATSOEVER.