brandneworld@feddit.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareWhy uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?brandneworld@feddit.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
Is it used to make headlines/posts more catchy? Does it have any logical explanation? What Is The Origin Of That?
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOP is probably not English. Other languages have different rules. For example, in Italian book titles only have the first word capitalized, e.g.: “I promessi sposi”
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoSame for Spanish, barring any proper nouns
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOf course, yes! The original title of I promessi sposi was “Renzo e Lucia”, so capitalized proper nouns.
minus-squareZloubida@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIn French, it’s only the first word and the first noun or verb (Le grand Sommeil). But almost nobody respects this rule anymore.
minus-squareDRUMS_@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, but how is that not a legitimate explanation. There’s enough Americans on lemmy to see a few posts with English title capitalization.
OP is probably not English. Other languages have different rules.
For example, in Italian book titles only have the first word capitalized, e.g.: “I promessi sposi”
Same for Spanish, barring any proper nouns
Of course, yes! The original title of I promessi sposi was “Renzo e Lucia”, so capitalized proper nouns.
In French, it’s only the first word and the first noun or verb (Le grand Sommeil). But almost nobody respects this rule anymore.
Yes, but how is that not a legitimate explanation. There’s enough Americans on lemmy to see a few posts with English title capitalization.