Re: Sunday Dinner Feb 2

On 2/5/2025 4:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-05, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

On 2/4/2025 5:44 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-04, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-04, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

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lol okay.  I've been on Usenet since the 90's, too; never had a problem
using capital letters.  The use of them was drilled into me in typing
class in the 1970's.  It also makes things easier to read.

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I associate it with the use of cell phones, which actually are
kind of painful when it comes to capitalization and punctuation.
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Newer phones have auto capitalization and it works very well. Only
rarely do I need to force upper or lower case.

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I've got an iPhone with an up-to-date OS.  I'm always having to
re-capitalize stuff.  Or un-capitalize it.
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If you never had formal training in typing or formatting, the only
importance it getting your message to someone on their phone.  IDK,
seems, FWIW many abbreviations are understood.

 I'm a former copy editor and proofreader.
 

Has to be painful to see some of the texts and posts.