Is it used to make headlines/posts more catchy? Does it have any logical explanation?

What Is The Origin Of That?

  • Crul@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have read that it was influenced by German capitalization rules; all nouns are capitalized in German. But I never checked if that’s true.

    • Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      It is true. All nouns and of course the first word after beginning a new sentence are capitalised.

      Source: I am german.

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        1 year ago

        Oh, my bad, I have indeed confirmed that all nouns are capitalized in German… what I meant is that I’m not sure if that’s the reason why English also does it (sometimes).

        But thanks for the *confirmation! :)