[X4U] Re: X4U] Tolerance

[kobayb at juno.com]

Please! Enough is enough. Period.
 
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:09:42 -0500 Eugene <list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net>
writes:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 07:36:22PM CDT, John Baltutis 
> <baltwo at san.rr.com> wrote:
> : On 06/28/06, Eugene <list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net> opined:
> : > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 08:44:55AM CDT, Robert Ameeti 
> <robert at ameeti.net> wrote:
> : > :
> : > : Using the excuse of 'english as a foreign
> : > : language' does not explain away the laziness
> : > : shown by purposefully not using correct
> : > : capitalization. That is pure laziness.
> : >
> : > I always found capitalization to be a useless feature of
> : > the English language.  Apple must certainly agree with me,
> : > because HFS+ is case-insensitive.  :-)
> : 
> : Just one man's opinion. Since English only requires capitalizing 
> the first word
> : of a sentence and proper names, capitalizing in English clarifies 
> where the
> : sentences begin and removes ambiguity when discerning proper names 
> from common
> : terms. E.g., "I bought it at Home Depot" and "I caught the train 
> at my home
> : depot."
> 
> Capitalization doesn't clarify things when you speak it.
> When a person speaks, can you honestly distinguish what
> words are in caps and what words are not?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Eugene
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