(fax) OT: MSN messenger

Skip Acuff SAcuff at rwrplc.com
Mon Jun 26 21:50:17 EDT 2006


Trevor, alas, all nouns are capitalized in German.

Alex, do the new language reforms seek to eliminate this?

For everyone's amusement, including our native German speakers, I recommend you Google up a copy of Mark Twain's hilarious essay.  It can be read here, for instance: 
 http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html

Skip 

-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Cordes [mailto:trevor at tecnopolis.ca] 
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 6:34 PM
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Subject: Re: (fax) OT: MSN messenger

On 27 Jun, Alexander S. Kunz wrote:
> Für diesen Ordner schaltet man noch einen "threaded view" an, der die
> Unterhaltungen nach Themen (bzw. Nachrichtenkennungen) eine logische
> Struktur bringt, und fertig. Alles schön übersichtlich.

I always wondered, why do Germans capitalize so many words?  It seems
highly confusing...

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