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and it will take another 20 years before we realize that in most cases we don't really need upper case letters. now burn me for heresy.
by ypcx 13y ago
and it will take another 20 years before we realize that in most cases we don't really need upper case letters. now burn me for heresy.
- Zikes 13y agoForgive the crudeness of the example, but there's a huge difference between the following two sentences: I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse. i had to help my uncle jack off a horse.
- Yhippa 13y ago"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo...
- loceng 13y agoi had to help my uncle, jack, off a horse.
- mpyne 13y agoAnd that doesn't "read" well.
- loceng 13y agoI agree. It's how I type when I don't care or not putting in as much effort - like feeling lazy or perhaps unmotivated or depressed.
- TheShadowFog 13y agoare you kidding me?
- lcasela 13y agoIt reads well to me.
- hayksaakian 13y agoI suspect a reduction in the number of people with names like that, much like Dick, Gaylord, etc.
- rmc 13y agoAll languages change and have ambiguities. Modern English (with Capital Letters) has lots of ambiguities that cannot be disambiguated with capitals (e.g. "a small girls school")
- quarterto 13y agoSo? Capital letters obviate one class of ambiguities. That there are classes of ambiguity they do not is not a reason to not use them.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoConversely, on its own, the fact that they remove some ambiguities is not a sufficient reason to use them. Since the downvoters disagree, I'll provide a proof. 1. Suppose resolution of ambiguities is a sufficient reason for a separate case in written language. 2. Ambiguities exist that are not resolved. 3. New cases are not created to resolve these. 4. By contradiction, 1 is false. QED There may be other reasons which in addition to the resolution of ambiguity are sufficient to justify case, but you can't simply cite the resolution of ambiguity and say conclude that case is justified.
- Zikes 13y agoNo language is perfectly unambiguous, but language evolution should trend toward clarity, not away from it.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoOr, a language should tend toward simplicity, without unnecessary frills. Which you'd prefer is probably just taste.
- ypcx 13y agoI don't think you would choose to use this particular sentence in a serious communication with anyone. The letter case would just not be enough of a distinguishing factor for you to risk the wrong meaning being conveyed. The letter case only has a very small meaning once you get used to using small caps.
- ypcx 13y agoto add - the main meaning of upper case is to help separate sentences, because the dot alone is not enough, unless the reader is specifically used for the dot to be the only separator. this is an example.
- lcasela 13y agoi agree! i mean, what's really wrong with typing in all lowercase?