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   Keith F. Lynch to Dorothy J Heydt   
   Re: AKICIF: Capitalizing Book Titles   
   20 Jan 26 22:51:30   
   
   From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Dorothy J Heydt  wrote:   
   > [Hal Heydyt]   
   > I'll add another one...   
      
   > When written in an English transliteration, all names contain at   
   > least one vowel.   
      
   And don't forget xkcd.com/327   
      
   > I won't so so far as to claim that the registration system I wrote   
   > for a con for which I run ConReg avoids all--or even, perhaps, a   
   > majority--of the cited misbeliefs, but it does permit the entry of a   
   > ficticious badge name with no attempt to require said badge name to   
   > have anything in common with such "actual" name that the con member   
   > supplies.   
      
   I worked Balticon registration in 2000 or threabouts, and learned that   
   their software crashed if you entered a name with an apostrophe.   
   --   
   Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/   
   Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.   
      
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