If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name

KaraOrNot Elder Posts: 10,667 Likes: 4,633	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 4:09:07 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by KaraOrNot on Oct 24, 2014 4:09:07 GMT -5 Is this a trick question? Andrew.
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les Full Member Posts: 1,380 Likes: 1,066	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 5:25:12 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by les on Oct 24, 2014 5:25:12 GMT -5 Just as you wrote it. I am curious about alternative interpretations.
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pumpkin Senior Member Posts: 7,733 Likes: 3,015	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 5:53:11 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pumpkin on Oct 24, 2014 5:53:11 GMT -5 Andrew Or is there something I'm missing?
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AAM2012 Senior Member Posts: 9,677 Likes: 8,472	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 6:51:14 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AAM2012 on Oct 24, 2014 6:51:14 GMT -5 anDrew? Just kidding...what an idiot!
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fbf2006 Full Member Posts: 1,920 Likes: 308	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 6:58:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fbf2006 on Oct 24, 2014 6:58:26 GMT -5 Really odd! lol
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lys Full Member Posts: 4,201 Likes: 800	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 7:06:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lys on Oct 24, 2014 7:06:49 GMT -5 Andrew Some people do not use capitals AT ALL EVER in their passwords - could that be their confusion?
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v Senior Member Posts: 5,912 Likes: 7,127	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 7:24:40 GMT -5 RockNVoll, jenn248, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by v on Oct 24, 2014 7:24:40 GMT -5 I think you meant "capitalise"
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bryantpark Full Member Posts: 1,587 Likes: 372	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 7:45:24 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bryantpark on Oct 24, 2014 7:45:24 GMT -5 I feel like I would call that initial caps? Is that a real term or am I making that up.
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If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 7:55:20 GMT -5

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Oct 24, 2014 7:45:24 GMT -5 bryantpark said:

I feel like I would call that initial caps? Is that a real term or am I making that up.

You're correct - "initial caps" means to capitalize the first letter of the word.

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If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 8:00:06 GMT -5

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I mean, "Andrew with a capital A" would have probably been clearer than "properly capitalize" but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what rock-n-voll meant.

I work with very smart people who are good writers (and who do a lot of writing), and when I use phrases like "initial caps" and "title case" and "sentence case" I get a lot of (huh) looks. I wouldn't expect people to generally know the names for those conventions.

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If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 8:31:08 GMT -5 via mobile sicilygirl likes this

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I'm going with maybe the term "proper" threw them off because in the UK I feel like they say proper so often for many other things. Not saying I would do the same but maybe that's why.

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raangoli Elder Posts: 17,235 Likes: 18,910	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 8:44:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by raangoli on Oct 24, 2014 8:44:23 GMT -5 I would have assumed Andrew and would further have assumed that if it were to be spelled ANDREW, you (or someone else) would have specified "all caps".
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mokes Junior Member Posts: 916 Likes: 431	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 9:03:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mokes on Oct 24, 2014 9:03:56 GMT -5 Andrew. But even if I wasn't sure what you meant, I would try all permutations I could think of before going back to you! Why do I get the feeling this person kept typing it in all caps over and over?
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msmerymac Elder Buffalo -> Los Angeles -> Philadelphia Posts: 28,631 Likes: 23,287	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 9:04:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by msmerymac on Oct 24, 2014 9:04:36 GMT -5 I would have said, "capital A, it's case-sensitive." My last name has 2 capital letters, which many people ignore, so I'm going to yell at them to properly capitalize it now.
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v Senior Member Posts: 5,912 Likes: 7,127	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 9:14:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by v on Oct 24, 2014 9:14:08 GMT -5 Oh, and I just got an email from a ReGina. So maybe this is more ambiguous than I thought?
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heyrebekah Full Member Posts: 1,825 Likes: 1,283	If I told you to "properly capitalize" a name Oct 24, 2014 13:24:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heyrebekah on Oct 24, 2014 13:24:14 GMT -5 I don't think I've ever heard "properly capitalize," but it doesn't seem that hard to figure out. LOL that she didn't even think to try Andrew.
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