XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.french   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 8/1/2024 11:02 PM, Hibou wrote:   
   > Le 02/08/2024 à 04:22, HenHanna a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> re: names (use of capitals in France)   
   >>   
   >> by the 1980's,  this usage-convention was everywhere   
   >>                                -- Guy   
   VINCENT  --  Vincent GUY   
   >>   
   >> When did it begin?   
   >>   
   >>           Was it sometimes used on the covers (and Spines)   
   >> of books  in  1920's ???   
   >>   
   >>                1850's ???   
   >   
      
      
   > I don't think it has to do with books, rather with bureaucracy, and it   
   > must arise from sometimes, but not always, writing the surname first.   
   > Then it becomes necessary to distinguish...   
   >   
   > « Marie Valentin : est-ce une femme, un homme ? MARIE Valentin / Marie   
   > VALENTIN » -   
   >  capitales.2792036/>   
   >   
   > There is an extensive discussion there, but (apart from a reference to   
   > 'Lacombe Lucien' - LACOMBE, Lucien - and therefore the War (it's a   
   > film)) I don't see a date.   
   >   
   > I did wonder if it came in with telephone directories, but can find no   
   > support for this.   
   >   
   > That's all I know. I know it's not enough.   
   >   
      
      
   thanks!   
      
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