minckster
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I'm wondering if English-dominance on the internet is causing German to lose its capitalization of all nouns. What about the ß ("ess-zett") turning into a double s everywhere?
The reason I ask is that I noticed a post in English on another forum using unusual capitalization. At first I figured the poster is young (WhAt'S uP with YoUnG'uNs' OdD capItaLiZaTiON!?), but then I noticed that he capitalized all of the nouns. And sure enough, he's posting from Germany.
personally, after years of reading IMs, i've become very used to all-smalls. german in all smalls would still seem odd though.
The reason I ask is that I noticed a post in English on another forum using unusual capitalization. At first I figured the poster is young (WhAt'S uP with YoUnG'uNs' OdD capItaLiZaTiON!?), but then I noticed that he capitalized all of the nouns. And sure enough, he's posting from Germany.
personally, after years of reading IMs, i've become very used to all-smalls. german in all smalls would still seem odd though.