From: Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Why people capitalise
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 16:28:07 GMT
Date: 2002-01-07T16:28:07+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <r0k_7.7195$cD4.10995@www.newsranger.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3C364498.654EF04E@nbi.dk
In article <3C364498.654EF04E@nbi.dk>, Jacob Sparre Andersen says...
>
>Could it be because computer users are so used to three
>letter acronyms, that whenever they run into a three letter
>word their reflexes make them write it capitalised (as an
>acronym)?
Its a theory. I can't think of any other 3-letter languages to test it aginst,
other than APL (supports your theory). Single-letter ones are all caps of
course, but that doesn't prove anything. :-)
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-28 0:53 Games? A Newbie question Gautier Write-only-address
2001-12-28 13:02 ` Enrico A.
2001-12-28 15:28 ` Michal Nowak
2001-12-29 21:21 ` Liddle Feesh
2001-12-29 22:32 ` Michal Nowak
2001-12-29 22:34 ` Liddle Feesh
2001-12-30 0:20 ` Michal Nowak
2001-12-30 0:41 ` Liddle Feesh
[not found] ` <200112281628260350.00DF1BEE@smtp-po.inetia.pl>
2001-12-28 16:04 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2001-12-28 16:09 ` Ted Dennison
2001-12-29 12:47 ` Enrico A.
2001-12-31 18:52 ` Ted Dennison
2002-01-04 12:05 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-01-04 14:24 ` Ted Dennison
2002-01-08 9:17 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-01-08 14:24 ` Preben Randhol
2002-01-08 15:20 ` Ted Dennison
2002-01-08 17:01 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-01-08 17:11 ` Ted Dennison
2002-01-08 17:46 ` Preben Randhol
2002-01-08 18:08 ` James Rogers
2002-01-08 18:26 ` Preben Randhol
2002-01-05 0:11 ` Why people capitalise "Ada"? (Was: Games? A Newbie question) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2002-01-07 16:28 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
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