From: rail@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 30/11/2023 14:55, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > I know that in German, Nouns are capitalised; it's just part of the   
   > Grammar of the Language, and something you are taught fairly early on if   
   > you learn it.   
   >   
   > In English, People still do it quite a lot - but it was obviously part   
   > of what one was taught at some Point: an 1881 Census Form I have in   
   > front of me has along the top "The undermentioned Houses are situate   
   > within the Boundaries of the", and all the Column Headings have such   
   > capitalisation, such as "NAME and Surname of each Person".   
   >   
   > I (born 1960) don't remember ever being taught to do this. Anyone know   
   > when it stopped [being something one was officially taught]? (I find it   
   > irritating, especially in modern Text, though I don't know why; I   
   > suppose I imagine the Words being spoken with unnecessary Emphasis.)   
      
   I'm 11 years older than you and I wasn't taught it either.   
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