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Same way someone always knows how to correctly pronounce their name, even if you think it's wrong or it's not how the country of origin pronounces the name. Of
by JJMcJ 4y ago
Same way someone always knows how to correctly pronounce their name, even if you think it's wrong or it's not how the country of origin pronounces the name.
Off topic for this posting but FORTRAN became Fortran around 1990, but it's still COBOL.
- gumby 4y agoAnd there's the horrible neologism "internet" as a noun -- ugh! Even blessed by some style guides.
- JJMcJ 4y agoYou mean instead of the Internet? It's a matter of some controversy but the public Internet that I'm using to reply probably should be capitalized. Discussion of the issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Terminology including usage before computer networking. In particular the article mentions This reflects the tendency in English to capitalize new terms and move to lowercase as they become familiar.