Re: Capitalization debate

Subject: Re: Capitalization debate
From: Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
To: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:34 -0700

BTW this wasn't a slight against my buddy Peter. I just tagged onto the
last email in the thread. ;-)


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:

> Some of you whirlers give the Glasgow Program agency too much credit.
> Their focus is on running their P/program, and probably don't regulate the
> capital P or small p. Apart from the official name of the program,
> capitalization decisions should be the responsibility of the style guide.
> I'm willing to bet this group doesn't have one, or doesn't follow one.
>
> I've worried about all kinds of stuff earlier in my career: The wording of
> copyright statements, consistent Canadian vs US spelling within the same
> document, etc., meanwhile there are kids starving in the third world and
> addicts in my backyard who can't get proper treatment.
>
> It's all a matter of perspective.
>
> -Tony
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:41 -0400, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> They appear to be of two minds on this as well.
>>>
>>> http://www.gla.ac.uk/**researchinstitutes/icams/**
>>> research/heartresearchtheme/**electrocardiology/**ecgdevelopment/<http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/icams/research/heartresearchtheme/electrocardiology/ecgdevelopment/>
>>>
>>
>> Clearly (or perhaps obscurely) some of their people understand the
>> correct capitalisation and others do not. Might ask them to make a
>> decision. "Let's you and he fight."
>>
>>
>
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Re: Capitalization debate: From: Peter Neilson
Re: Capitalization debate: From: Tony Chung

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