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In article <1115417777.413247@ftpsrv1>, "E. Scrooge"
<scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote:

> Even better have a look at the words on your keyboard since you're bound to
> split hairs over things like a CD.
> Page up is Page UP - page down is Page Down - caps lock is Caps Lock -
> scroll... print... pause... num... etc etc.

On my keyboard keys (and the light labels) all the words are written in
lowercase letters. All the alphabet keys and the 'F' on the function
keys which are all captials.

"Anybody" <> wrote in message
news:070520051235162436%...
> In article <1115417777.413247@ftpsrv1>, "E. Scrooge"
> <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote:
>
> > Even better have a look at the words on your keyboard since you're bound
to
> > split hairs over things like a CD.
> > Page up is Page UP - page down is Page Down - caps lock is Caps Lock -
> > scroll... print... pause... num... etc etc.
>
> On my keyboard keys (and the light labels) all the words are written in
> lowercase letters. All the alphabet keys and the 'F' on the function
> keys which are all captials.

Check the "made in china" label.

E. Scrooge

In article <1115417777.413247@ftpsrv1>, "E. Scrooge"
<scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote:

> With computer memory ram is RAM - a cd is a CD - amd is AMD.

Not being a Windozy user I'm not sure about AMD, but technically those
other two are abbreviations and should be written as R.A.M. and C.D.

Basic human laziness enhanced by the TXT generation is devolving the
writing / spelling skills (as well as language skills in general) of
the human race. It isn't helped by the near total lack of teachers
actually teaching those skills these days.

"E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote in message
news:1115417777.413247@ftpsrv1...
>
> "Tarla" <> wrote in message
> news:427bbed4$...
>> Bling-Bling wrote:
>> > On Fri, 06 May 2005 21:34:34 +1200, Jay wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>>Actually that should be "Hard Disc Drive" (that's abreviated to
>> >>>"HDD"),
>> >>>not "hard drive".
>> >>
>> >>but still not capitalised.
>> >
>> >
>> > Absolutely it should be capitalised. It's a noun - and nouns (not just
>> > personal nouns) are capitalised.
>>
>> No they aren't. You don't write, "I'm going to my House to eat some
>> Dinner."
>
> Key words in a special cases can be highlighted by being capitalised. If
> you lived in a white painted house then you'd say that you lived in a
> white
> house, quite different if you happen to be living in White House though.
> With computer memory ram is RAM - a cd is a CD - amd is AMD.
> Even better have a look at the words on your keyboard since you're bound
> to
> split hairs over things like a CD.
> Page up is Page UP - page down is Page Down - caps lock is Caps Lock -
> scroll... print... pause... num... etc etc.

RAM, CD and AMD are acronyms hence the capitalisation like RAF.
Hard (Disk) Drive is a component like your arm and leg (not Arm and Leg)
getting the picture yet?
HDD being an acronym is fine.

Jay


> E. Scrooge
>
>

On Sat, 07 May 2005 07:00:35 +1200, Tarla wrote:

>> Absolutely it should be capitalised. It's a noun - and nouns (not just
>> personal nouns) are capitalised.
>
> No they aren't. You don't write, "I'm going to my House to eat some
> Dinner."

Yes - you do - if you want to indicate some emphasis or something
significant to do with that which be capitalised.

I mean, what if you own more than one house, and one is your official
residence?

Much more elegant to simply say "House" rather than "my official residence".

It boils down to you saying "should not" and me saying "why not?"


Bling Bling

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In article <1115426375.374231@ftpsrv1>, "E. Scrooge"
<scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote:

> "Anybody" <> wrote in message
> news:070520051235162436%...
> > In article <1115417777.413247@ftpsrv1>, "E. Scrooge"
> > <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote:
> >
> > > Even better have a look at the words on your keyboard since you're bound
> > > to split hairs over things like a CD.
> > > Page up is Page UP - page down is Page Down - caps lock is Caps Lock -
> > > scroll... print... pause... num... etc etc.
> >
> > On my keyboard keys (and the light labels) all the words are written in
> > lowercase letters. All the alphabet keys and the 'F' on the function
> > keys which are all captials.
>
> Check the "made in china" label.

Nope. "Assembled in Thailand" and it's not a label (it's molded into
the plastic). :-p

"Bling-Bling" <> wrote in message
newsan.2005.05.07.01.09.06.440681@TRACKER...
> On Sat, 07 May 2005 07:00:35 +1200, Tarla wrote:
>
>>> Absolutely it should be capitalised. It's a noun - and nouns (not just
>>> personal nouns) are capitalised.
>>
>> No they aren't. You don't write, "I'm going to my House to eat some
>> Dinner."
>
> Yes - you do - if you want to indicate some emphasis or something
> significant to do with that which be capitalised.
>
> I mean, what if you own more than one house, and one is your official
> residence?
>
> Much more elegant to simply say "House" rather than "my official
> residence".
>
> It boils down to you saying "should not" and me saying "why not?"

It boils down to having a basic grasp of your own language.
Everything you have just written would indicate butter fingers.

Jay

On Sat, 07 May 2005 13:12:29 +1200, Jay wrote:

>> Much more elegant to simply say "House" rather than "my official
>> residence".
>>
>> It boils down to you saying "should not" and me saying "why not?"
>
> It boils down to having a basic grasp of your own language.

True.

Are you not capable of detecting the difference in importance or
significance between capitalised and uncapitalised words?


Bling Bling

--
IBM: "Linux is not just another operating system. It represents a
collaboration of the best programmers in the industry coming together to
create an operating system that works on any hardware platform."

On Sat, 07 May 2005 12:39:33 +1200, Anybody <>
wrote in <news:070520051239337988%>:

> In article <1115417777.413247@ftpsrv1>, "E. Scrooge"
> <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote:
>
>> With computer memory ram is RAM - a cd is a CD - amd is AMD.
>
> Not being a Windozy user I'm not sure about AMD, but technically those
> other two are abbreviations and should be written as R.A.M. and C.D.
>
> Basic human laziness enhanced by the TXT generation is devolving the
> writing / spelling skills (as well as language skills in general) of
> the human race. It isn't helped by the near total lack of teachers
> actually teaching those skills these days.

Face it, a lot of today's teachers do not possess the skills themselves.

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"Bling-Bling" <> wrote in message
newsan.2005.05.07.02.08.51.539092@TRACKER...
> On Sat, 07 May 2005 13:12:29 +1200, Jay wrote:
>
>>> Much more elegant to simply say "House" rather than "my official
>>> residence".
>>>
>>> It boils down to you saying "should not" and me saying "why not?"
>>
>> It boils down to having a basic grasp of your own language.
>
> True.
>
> Are you not capable of detecting the difference in importance or
> significance between capitalised and uncapitalised words?
>
>
> Bling Bling

You are inventing traits for the English language.
Sticking to the thread in hand..... why does 'Hard Drive' need to be
emphasised?
In the context that Scrooge used there was no obvious emphasis placed (or
intended (as I read it))

Jay