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The Polish example only works because it's a different word, and yours only works because of implied but unwritten punctuation. Neither is pronouncing a capita
by Clamchop 2y ago
The Polish example only works because it's a different word, and yours only works because of implied but unwritten punctuation.
Neither is pronouncing a capital letter, whatever that means. It's why people have to say things like "capital P Political".
- wat10000 2y agoThe fact that “Polish” and “polish” are different words is the whole point. The other commenter was saying capital letters aren’t signal, and yet.
- madwolf 2y agoThe fact that it’s a different word makes it very different situation. It’s not the capital letter that signals this. It’s the context. Polish as a verb and Polish as a noun won’t be mistaken in a sentence. In “Polish my boots, please” we know it’s a verb, even though it starts with a capital letter. The capital letter does not ever signal meaning. That’s because a language is primarily spoken and there are no capital letters there.