brandneworld@feddit.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWhy uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?brandneworld@feddit.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-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-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.
Yes, but how is that not a legitimate explanation. There’s enough Americans on lemmy to see a few posts with English title capitalization.