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Re: [cobalt-developers] Error Message from Server



--- Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paul Schreiber wrote:
> 
> > Second of all, your errant capitalization is annoying.
> 
> Capitalization is definitely language dependent, and I suppose a lot of
> people for whom English is NOT their first language will have trouble
> with it.  For example, if I were German, I'd capitalize very noun.

I speak a bit of French, and I have to be careful -not- to capitalize months,
nationalities (sometimes) and so on, lest I look like even more of an
anglophone.

> If I were first taught either Arabic or Hebrew, I'd have a lot of
> trouble with the whole concept of capitalization.

And you'd have even more fun with this whole vowel nonsense.

> I hope we're not getting petty about things like capitalization.

Nah, I just thought I'd bring it up while attempting to answer the question.


Paul

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