oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2007-02 00006

[Uwe G. Pommerening <ugpommerening(a)t-online.de>]

Hello David, read all my email, then you undersatand what was meant.
Tschüß
Uwe G.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Otto" <ddotto(a)adelphia.net>
To: "'Oldenburg-L'" <oldenburg-l(a)genealogy.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:56 AM
Subject: [OL] English capitalization


> 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)
>
>
>
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