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It’s all the nouns ( maybe ‘towns’ is a typo? ). German does the same thing, and English is a Germanic language.
by truckerbill 4y ago
It’s all the nouns ( maybe ‘towns’ is a typo? ). German does the same thing, and English is a Germanic language.
- _moof 4y agoProbably not related to English being Germanic; Old and Middle English nouns weren't capitalized, so some other influence had to have sprung up later.
- truckerbill 4y agoThanks, I should have googled before spouting armchair wisdom. Looks like noun capitalisation was ad hoc until things became more standardised with the onset of dictionaries. It was inspired by German typography but much later on