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As president, what pet peeves are you fixing with executive orders? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Zensate@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm banning all no-punctuation no capitalization communication on social media.

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[–] Starchildjohn@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But isn't no capitalization a feature of the english language? As a german i say:

Da kann Ich nur drüber lachen, Groß- und Kleinschreibung in der englischen Sprache ist ein guter Witz.

[–] Zensate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

i dont know you tell me if you want to read this all day i sure dont

[–] kindnesskills@literature.cafe 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They're saying it's a matter of perspective. From a German speaking perspective, if you used your "proper" capitalisation it would be lacking according to their "proper" capitalisation. Example:

I can only laugh about it, Upper and Lower case in the english Language is a good Joke.

[–] Starchildjohn@leminal.space 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I woke up and chose violence, this is a good explanation sir.

[–] kindnesskills@literature.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you, ma'am. I haven't properly woke up yet, I'm sure my violence will come...

[–] Zensate@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So German's don't have rules for proper punctuation and capitalisation?

[–] kindnesskills@literature.cafe 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, they do. The rules are just different from yours.

[–] Zensate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Then the equivalent here would be what German feels when people do the opposite of the rules

[–] Starchildjohn@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I made a joke about German having way more rules about capital letters than English. In German every noun is written with capital letters, every start of a sentence, every verb that takes on the propertys of a noun and every name. Since english uses way less capital letters i thought it would be funny to joke about how english is lacking in that department.

[–] Zensate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

You were ahead of your time