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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A question of usage #89119 12/08/02 06:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A question of usage #89120 12/08/02 07:42 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A question of usage #89121 12/08/02 07:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A question of usage #89122 12/08/02 08:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I don't see why we should follow other languages' orthographic conventions. We usually drop diacriticals from French words when they become naturalized citizens. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A question of usage #89123 12/08/02 08:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A question of usage #89124 12/14/02 05:22 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A question of usage #89125 12/14/02 06:10 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont wouldn't that be "paht"? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A question of usage #89126 12/14/02 07:54 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago That depends upon how much time one has spent on the US east side... ... whatever werks fer yew. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,911 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 621 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,904 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,948 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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