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To Wonder How People Manage To Write Like This?

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moutonfou · 26/07/2017 13:44

I See So Many Comments Online Where Every Word Has A Capital Like This. Trying It Now And It's As Exhausting As It Seems. Are There Really People Out There Who Think This Is How The English Language Works?

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BoysofMelody · 26/07/2017 13:48

It Is On A Website Not A An English SAT.

So I Couldn't Give A Shiny Shite.

As Long As It Is Readable.

PS. Yes I've Am Capitalising The First Word of Each Word Deliberately.

InferiorDecorator · 26/07/2017 13:48

If it's done in word, there's an option to change things to be like that without hassle.

moutonfou · 26/07/2017 13:53

P.S. I'm not judging, I'm just genuinely mystified as to why somebody would go to that effort unnecessarily. I found it really hard!

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Elphame · 26/07/2017 13:55

It's horrible to read. If I see a post like that I don't respond (this thread being the exception of course!)

chipscheeseandcurrysauce · 26/07/2017 13:57

It really bothers me, I will admit but I'd rather see this than someone who is illiterate!

OhBeggerItsMorning · 26/07/2017 14:09

I can't read sentences with capital letters at the beginning of all the words like that very well at all. I automatically pause at each capital, just like I would after a full-stop, where the capital should be. But when reading in my head I read like I would out loud, pauses etc, I don't skim read or read faster in my head like most people do, so react to differences in how things are written. I think I also pause when reading names because of the capitals!

I also find it incredibly hard to type with caps at the beginning of each word, it makes my skin crawl, so as far as I am concerned YANBU to wonder why people do it.

Waffles80 · 26/07/2017 14:16

Doesn't bother me, but does perplex me.

It's surely a crazily time-consuming way of posting?

Or do some phones do it automatically?

Sparklingbrook · 26/07/2017 14:17

I have never seen that. Are you talking about the Daily Mail comments section or something?

Waffles80 · 26/07/2017 14:35

On here, loads!

Sparklingbrook · 26/07/2017 14:37

Really? I have honestly never noticed. Confused

DoomGloomAndKaboom · 26/07/2017 14:40

I find it difficult to read, so I don't usually bother.

I think if you post in a manner others might find difficult to read, you do risk fewer hits on your thread. But maybe the people doing it don't realise that, I think most commonly people do these things because they (mistakenly) think it's correct.

Tazerface · 26/07/2017 14:44

I have a friend who does this on Facebook. It's really offpitting - like OhBeggar I read it in my head with a pause before each word, it's tiring and I don't understand why anyone would do it?

I just don't read those comments in the main, they are that annoying.

ShakeShakeTheMuffin · 26/07/2017 14:47

YANBU bugs the hell out of me. Not quite as bad as all capitals, but I find it hard to read and it's too much like a clickbaity headline/'news' story. (Like the links at the bottom of the page I'm looking at right now!). But then I'm a perimenopausal grump!

BlondeB83 · 26/07/2017 14:48

I don't understand the reasoning behind it either.

MrsTerryPratchett · 26/07/2017 14:51

Maybe they think they are Jane Austen. Lots of Random Capitalisation there.

BayLeaves · 26/07/2017 14:54

Yes, in the past capital letters were used much more liberally, sometimes just to emphasise a word. I think it's still the case in some other languages such as German, they capitalise all sorts of nouns. My husband is a native German speaker and I have to proofread any written projects he does as he has the tendency to incorrectly capitalise important words.

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