To
capitalize or
not to capitalize a deity? As far as I know Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and the modern descendants of Sanskrit use no capital letters, so for those languages the point is moot. I can’t speak for too many of the other
language families, but I don’t know of any
syllabaries or
abugidas that use
majuscules, so the question seems to be most relevant to the alphabetic languages that use capitals such as the Latin, Greek and Germanic families (including English). Some
people even completely capitalize the name of their deity, apparently disdaining
minuscules completely.
posted by snarfodox
on Apr 8, 2004 -
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