Why do you think it's acceptable to write a name with a small letter these days?

[Lana07]

Hello All,

I've just texted my manager on Teams App about my working hours after Christmas and he typed my name and another manager's name with a small letter :) answering my message.

He is 28. Is it how young people communicate these days in text messages?

@Lana07 are you always this sensitive?

I just did an AS. You are

Meh. Sometimes my phone decides I don't need a capital letter and I'm too lazy to argue with it. I'm not particularly young either.
But I am more than capable of writing a formal letter if I need to.

Seriously, get over it lana

Yeah. Young people. Awful humans.

It's faster and more efficient than going back to correct it. Nobody will die. Move on.

I would never ever address anyone's name in a small letter.

Basic respect.

I never get offended personally.

Is it really worth it ? To be this angry rude and judgey?

Let it go

Different rules for different forms of communications.

I don't start text messages 'Dear Gertrude' or end them 'Warm Regards, Ethel' (or 'Regards, Ethel' if I'm pissed off with them)

I would argue that the better communicator is the one who adapts their message to suit the medium (moment of doubt here over whether medium is the right word) rather than the one who has a blanket policy.

Tbf, he's probably just doing it to piss you off. I would

Can't believe you'd notice, or let it get to you.

Yes, it is how young people communicate.

I doubt very much disrespect is intended and it’s really not worth getting your knickers in a twist about.

Be glad he knows your name.

I still get emails addressed to Carole.

Spoiler alert My name is not Carole

DD16 filled out a form in front of me the other day. No capitals used anywhere - not even for her name. She says that's completely normal! I was , but as she's 16 now, I don't get a say!

It's surely just laziness? I write well, with good SPAG, when actually writing.

On here, I make a bit of effort, because wanky nit pickers derail everything. In messages etc. I send, there are errors galore - I only bother correcting if it doesn't make sense at all.

Presuming he doesn't know to capitalise proper nouns seems a bizarre assumption. Comes across as condescending or disingenuous more than anything else.

I wonder if he would type HIS boss’s name with a lower case letter?

The OP is either in a stinking mood or is here to wind people up, given the nature of their posts today.

FFS I do it and I'm over 60. It's not disrespectful in my book. Just a missed capital. It happens 🙄

It's part of a written dialect used in informal online communication. Linguists have written whole books on it. Nothing to do with ignorance.

Maybe it's because of his starsign OP

@Iggly

It’s because he has demoted you to lower case. You are not worthy

I assume this is sarcastic.

😂 😂 😂

No, it's not normal nowadays to eschew grammatical rules in writing, whether it's WhatsApp or not. Don't try and make this about millennials because as a generation their literacy rates are higher than older generations. Some of the worst written digital communication I've ever seen is from older people. HTH

No, it's not normal nowadays to eschew grammatical rules in writing, whether it's WhatsApp or not.

You definitely need to camelcase "WhatsApp"

I thought ageism was frowned upon on Mumsnet.

Excellent thread.

He hates you, OP, and has a personal vendetta against you. He’s turning colleagues against you and has bought you a really passive aggressive Secret Santa gift.

Or.... you REALLY need to get over yourself.