Why uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?
Why uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?
Is it used to make headlines/posts more catchy? Does it have any logical explanation?
What Is The Origin Of That?
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I have read that it was influenced by German capitalization rules; all nouns are capitalized in German. But I never checked if that's true.
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It is true. All nouns and of course the first word after beginning a new sentence are capitalised.
Source: I am german.
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Oh, my bad, I have indeed confirmed that all nouns are capitalized in German... what I meant is that I'm not sure if that's the reason why English also does it (sometimes).
But thanks for the *confirmation! :)
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The keming on "conrmation" threw me for a loop haha
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:facepalm: (Fixed)
I need to focus more when typing :)
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