Yes, I generally write Ke$ha, P!nk, and *NSYNC. Prince goes by Prince now,
if that’s who that one symbol is supposed to be referring to. I don’t find
myself ever writing about Mike + The Mechanics (They were founded before I
was born. However, Wikipedia uses the “+” in their name.). In general, if
it’s something that can be typed on a standard keyboard, sure, why not use
it? Unlike your ABBA example (I assume it’s ABBA) that came to my inbox as A
BA, respecting their spellings doesn’t impair clarity or understanding. A
stylized logo isn’t really the same thing as capitalization anyway. It’s
not like YouTube requires Cyrillic characters.
Complete bosh.
Nineteen Eighty-Four should always be written as Nineteen Eighty-Four, because that is the name of the book.
Bolaño’s 2666 should always be written as 2666, because that is the name of the book.
Referring to 2666 as “Two Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Six” at the start of a sentence would be completely asinine, because that is not the name of the book. Such a idea could only be pushed by overly rule-loving middle school English teachers.
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- reverse capitalization is not random
- the reverse capitalization is the archaic form - they gave it up on their own. The rest of the entry refers to the site with two words.
- URLs are a different animal. On some sites (especially some Linux-hosted sites), case matters.
Try http://wygit.net/Farewell.html vs http://wygit.net/farewell.html
Me too – I always write “iphone.”
Does this mean you’ll start spelling “how to” as two words?
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