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   Christian Weisgerber to Antonio Marques   
   Re: French [surname CAPITALIZATION] -- i   
   04 Apr 24 11:00:00   
   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-04-04, Antonio Marques  wrote:   
      
   > On a note of indeterminate relatedness, italians only capitalise the first   
   > letter of acronyms.   
      
   Looking over the first two examples that come to mind, both article   
   text and references, ...   
      
   https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO   
   https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO   
      
   ... I'd say both usages exist in parallel.   
      
   --   
   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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