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The slight pause as your brain parses this headline really shows why it makes no sense to have capitalization like this in headlines. It just adds ambiguity.
by whycome 2y ago
The slight pause as your brain parses this headline really shows why it makes no sense to have capitalization like this in headlines. It just adds ambiguity.
- sandworm101 2y agoYup. I read the title couple times before realizing it probably wasnt about Darleks.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago> Darleks Something interesting about the actors’ accents is it always sounds like it would be spelled this way. It’s actually Dalek, pronounced in a way that is nearly indistinguishable from a British person saying Darlek. (I also notice the auto-correct on my phone knows the difference, which I did not think about until I saw it.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek
- cf100clunk 2y agoThat actor undoubtedly calls Canada ''Can-a-der'', as some Brits unfortunately do. Likewise with the Nigerian-British singer Sade (pronounced Shah-day) being called "Shar-day". > Nigerian-British singer Sade
- ahartmetz 2y agoAnd I here was sure that the name was French, like the dude who had sadism named after him.
- rplnt 2y agoAnd there are much worse examples too. But maybe that's the idea, write a horrible title that makes readers pause.
- poulpy123 2y agoIt's not the capitalisation it's the clickbait
- hnlmorg 2y agoIt would definitely be the capitalisation for people who are familiar with British sci-fi. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who
- pona-a 2y agoMy mind went to some horrible production accident. The first episode aired only 24 yeas after asbestos snow, after all.