brandneworld@feddit.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhy uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?brandneworld@feddit.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
Is it used to make headlines/posts more catchy? Does it have any logical explanation? What Is The Origin Of That?
minus-squareLileath@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoIt is true. All nouns and of course the first word after beginning a new sentence are capitalised. Source: I am german.
minus-squareCrul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoOh, my bad, I have indeed confirmed that all nouns are capitalized in German… what I meant is that I’m not sure if that’s the reason why English also does it (sometimes). But thanks for the *confirmation! :)
minus-square6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoThe keming on “conrmation” threw me for a loop haha
minus-squareCrul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months ago:facepalm: (Fixed) I need to focus more when typing :)
It is true. All nouns and of course the first word after beginning a new sentence are capitalised.
Source: I am german.
Oh, my bad, I have indeed confirmed that all nouns are capitalized in German… what I meant is that I’m not sure if that’s the reason why English also does it (sometimes).
But thanks for the *confirmation! :)
The keming on “conrmation” threw me for a loop haha
:facepalm: (Fixed)
I need to focus more when typing :)