oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2007-02 00004

[David Otto <ddotto(a)adelphia.net>]

Hallo Uwe,

I do not think that this is a true statement about Americans and when/why we
capitalize names.  These are what we call in English "proper nouns" and they
always begin with a capital letter.  So Joseph Brown is only properly
spelled if the "J" and "B" are capitals.

Unlike German when all nouns begin with capitals, here a dog is spelled as
"dog" und nicht Hund oder "Dog" :)

Bis Spater,

David

I learned that some people in the USA use capitalization of names only if
they want to express if/that the person is something negative???....You may
explaine to me please. Here in Germany this does not apply and as I know in
other European countries neither. We are living in a global world and use
Internet therefor things should be done more professional helping all of us
in Europe, the U.S.A and R.O.W.

Let me hear about your view of this subject?

Rgds
Uwe G. (POMMERENING)