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Topic Options #89119 - 12/08/02 01:32 PM A question of usage wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 In German, all nouns are capitalized. Usually when taken as loanwrds, they are also capitalized until they become common. I would however tend to use the capital always. Any comments? Top #89120 - 12/08/02 02:42 PM Re: A question of usage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666 I didn't know they ever did nouns without capitalizing them. I know I know some German nouns that were borrowed from other languages, but I can't think of one off hand. Any examples? Top #89121 - 12/08/02 02:54 PM Re: A question of usage wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Faldage: I meant when German words are borrowed into English, after a while the capital begins to be dropped. I think perhaps it would be better to keep the capital. For instance, in the spelling bee words, they had "anschluss" without the capital. Next question, should the spellers be expected to spell it :"Capital A, small n, s.c.h,l,u,s,s" Top #89122 - 12/08/02 03:09 PM Re: A question of usage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666 I don't see why we should follow other languages' orthographic conventions. We usually drop diacriticals from French words when they become naturalized citizens. Top #89123 - 12/08/02 03:34 PM Re: A question of usage wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 You're right about the accent marks. It would be a pain to try to be consistent in supplying them. So the capitals might as well be omitted too. Top #89124 - 12/14/02 12:22 PM Re: A question of usage musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago I'm not sure we couldn't use a few extra vowels to make pronunciation a bit clearer and spelling a bit more consistant. Who turned the heat awf under the melting pawt? Top #89125 - 12/14/02 01:10 PM Re: A question of usage Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont wouldn't that be "paht"? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #89126 - 12/14/02 02:54 PM Re: A question of usage musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago That depends upon how much time one has spent on the US east side... ... whatever werks fer yew. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210099 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 49 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 99 endymion6 68 wofahulicodoc 68 jenny jenny 63 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 13 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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