From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,aa554b78fbc1aa13 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-07 08:29:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <98104da8.0112280502.7e0addf3@posting.google.com> <98104da8.0112290447.45934efd@posting.google.com> <%t2Y7.39$wp1.63@www.newsranger.com> <3C364498.654EF04E@nbi.dk> Subject: Re: Why people capitalise Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 11:28:07 EST Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 16:28:07 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18606 Date: 2002-01-07T16:28:07+00:00 List-Id: 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. :-) --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.