Well, there's certainly been a lot of interesting feedback, though very little of it in any way related to the actual question I posed. :-) That's OK. Good times.
I consulted with some acquaintances from the regions in question and others in a position of seemingly greater expertise, because, despite what some of you may think (particularly those of you who had the perceived misfortune of being cited as examples), I actually am motivated by genuine curiosity. The feedback was copious, but two consistent identifiable themes seemed to run through it: 1) The native languages of that region - such as Hindi, Urdu and Arabic - do not have a concept of "capitalisation" akin to European languages, nor anything similar. So, it should not be taken for granted that the concept is as straightforward and intuitive as we may believe. A German learning to write in English needs only to learn different rules of capitalisation, having already apprehended the concept and a broad sense of its purpose and application. 2) Those struggling with the encumbrance of #1 are easily confused by the distinction between capitalisation of proper nouns and Capitalisation for Emphasis. Journalistic conventions (Headlines Where Every Word Is Capitalised) and marketing literature, known to be viciously hostile to the achievements of high culture, does nothing to help clarify the matter. Thoughts? -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
