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Interesting that all nouns are capitalized, like in modern German and unlike in most other modern languages that use the Latin alphabet.
by croemer 1y ago
Interesting that all nouns are capitalized, like in modern German and unlike in most other modern languages that use the Latin alphabet.
- linguae 1y agoThe Declaration of Independence and the original US Constitution (the main portion plus the Bill of Rights) are also written in this style, though not all nouns are consistently capitalized.
- analog31 1y agoI was curious, so in case anybody else was, the first printed versions of these documents also retain this style. It wasn't just a habit of handwriting.
- Telemakhos 1y agoSatire, Piece, and Virtues are the first Nouns that I find not capitalized. They occur within the first few Sentences, and I trust that my Observation and Diligence in this Matter might not go without Recognition.
- alexchamberlain 1y agoThose are part of the modern day commentary, rather than the historic document that starts later in the article. The historic document itself seems to use capitalised nouns fairly consistently, though I haven't tried to find exceptions.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoNow, we can't even get people to capitalize proper nouns to disambiguate soil from a planet.
- prpl 1y agoor engineers from Engineers
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- shikon7 1y agoIn a some sense that goes back to the roots, as you can't distinguish these in German either ("Erde" is always capitalized)
- burnt-resistor 1y agoYou're forgetting English is a far more confusing and ambiguous language. "English" may mean a subset of British people, a language, or sometimes a restaurant MacGuffin, whereas "english" refers to only vertical spinning of a billard ball.
- exe34 1y ago“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” ― James D. Nicoll
- moi2388 1y ago“ And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe. And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot”
- burnt-resistor 1y agoI would secretly hope Harbrace printed no further editions and kids and crims didn't invent new cant. The only constants are change, death, taxes, the ineffective shrieking about the impending rhyming of history caused by dangerously-stupid leaders, and the co-evolution of language and culture.
- potato3732842 1y ago(buffalo) ^ 8
- wging 1y agoIt’s not uncommon for the time. E.g. “in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…”
- birn559 1y agoThat's great to learn. A a German native speaker I have a tendency to write like that even though I know it's wrong. Good to know at least it would have been correct at some point in time :D.
- xeonmc 1y agoIf anything, the more capitalizations the more presidential the writing becomes, e.g. > in Order to form a more PERFECT UNION, establish JUSTICE, insure domestic TRANQUILITY, provide for the common defence, promote the general WELFARE, and secure the BLESSINGS of LIBERTY to ourselves and our POSTERITY…
- jack1243star 1y agoReads just like Trump's tweets
- actionfromafar 1y agoThat's the joke
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- robertlagrant 1y agoTHANK YOU for your attention in THIS matter
- pjmlp 1y agoAs non German native speaker, that lives and works across DACH space, speaks the language, what I hate is the AI learning from Android phones ortography correction, that after a while think that all words have to be capitalized when I am writing in other languages.
- Jap2-0 1y agoDecreasingly so, but even in stuff written in the last hundred years or so you'll sometimes find words capitalized for emphasis or similar.
- tempestn 1y agoMost communication from the highest office in the land is indeed now In this Exalted STYLE.
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- selimthegrim 1y agoFamously Custer used to capitalize mule and horse and write Indian in lowercase
- SwtCyber 1y agoCapitalizing nouns was more of a stylistic convention back then
- xdennis 1y agoIt's not all nouns. Capitalization was a form of emphasis back then.