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Posted by Neredbojias on 05/24/07 06:34
On Tue, 22 May 2007 21:18:04 GMT dorayme scribed:
> In article <Xns993879DEAB4F8nanopandaneredbojias@208.49.80.251>,
> Neredbojias <neredbojias@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Please don't so publicly capitalise
>> > my name, it is a small "d".
>>
>> The only reason I did so was because it was part of a title and the
>> first word to boot, so any word would have been therein capitalized.
>>
>
> This is a bad reason. A name is not a word like the ones everyone
> learns in order to speak.
Then what word is it like? _Any_ word follows those rules, be it proper
noun or anything else. Xhtml doesn't apply to English grammar.
> Take this sentence:
>
> "george kelly is the name of my cat and in every sentence I write
> about him, I always spell his name in lower case."
>
> It would be wrong to begin this sentence with a capital if truth
> was what you were concerned to preserve.
The truth of what? -Someone's illogical whimsy?
> This shows your general procedure is flawed. I will ask you once
> again, show some respect, and do not spell my name with a
> capital. Officer White is on standby (he is looking mighty
> restless).
Hey, I'm willing to go along with your small-letter psychosis under
normal conditions, but when the pseudonym in question appears at the
beginning of a sentence, it _will be_ capitalized by anyone with a normal
grasp of language usage. I believe you will find this to be the majority
opinion, and if it upsets you, learn to regulate your disposition better.
>> > But never mind, you show some talent there, Boji.
>>
>
>> Really?
>
> What? You want that I should stroke your ego some more?
No, I was expressing surprise, not vanity.
>> Actually, I did 'em just for fun. I'm about as much of an artist
>> as the moon is a green cheseseball methinks.
>>
>
>> > Enjoyed many of them.
>>
>> And that's the whole point. Html, css, php, etc., can be rather dry
>> so it's good to add a little serendipity to the mix occasionally.
>
> Why is this _the_ point? Why can't you do something for fun and
> not for any more serious reason?
That's precisely what I was trying to suggest...
> O, and btw, you cannot "add a little serendipity" to things as a
> point in a recipe, it would not be serendipity any more.
>
> PS. Please, now, don't accuse me of being contrary or
> argumentative.
Oh, no, never! How could you even think such a thing..?
--
Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.
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