Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cindy Hamilton Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Sunday Dinner Feb 2 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 09:22:20 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: hamilton@invalid.com Injection-Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:22:21 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b620e3b695d444a775f460b4f123de2"; logging-data="2457738"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ybt/ACtpyKT5m5EcJRB0E/MzpQtmWtBA=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:kyyifPhV9tCfQDtlYC3yuh9yNbQ= Bytes: 2319 On 2025-02-05, Ed P wrote: > On 2/4/2025 5:44 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >> On 2025-02-04, Hank Rogers wrote: >>> Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>>> On 2025-02-04, Jill McQuown wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> I associate it with the use of cell phones, which actually are >>>> kind of painful when it comes to capitalization and punctuation. >>>> >>> >>> Newer phones have auto capitalization and it works very well. Only >>> rarely do I need to force upper or lower case. >> >> I've got an iPhone with an up-to-date OS. I'm always having to >> re-capitalize stuff. Or un-capitalize it. >> > > 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. -- Cindy Hamilton